jackpot
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It’s easy to walk away from a project just before it hits the jackpot, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Last week, an Alberta resident won Canada's largest-ever lottery jackpot for $90m.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
And it’s beginning to look like the Giants may have hit the jackpot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Tuesday's jackpot now stands at an estimated £14m.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
And backers of AI companies have billions, if not trillions, of reasons to hope their gambles aren’t just once-in-a-generation jackpots, but once in a human existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
In fact, in the case of the 50 largest lottery jackpots claimed to date, the prize has been split by two or more winners 10 times.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Powerball has only seen back-to-back to billion-dollar jackpots twice, and this one has arrived just in time for the holidays,” Matt Strawn, Iowa Lottery chief executive and Powerball Product Group chair, said in the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Seven billion-dollar jackpots have been awarded in the past; the most recent was the $1.269 billion prize won in California in Dec. 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
More people have won lottery jackpots than flown in space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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