jackpots

Noun

jackpot (countable and uncountable, plural jackpots)

1. A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
   • If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot is rolled over and added to the next week's jackpot; several weeks of rollovers can build up jackpots up to $350 million or more.2000, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames
2. A large cash prize or money.
3. An unexpected windfall or reward.
4. A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
   • a juniper jackpot
5. (pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
6. (uncountable, playground games) A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.
   • As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.2019 February 6, Amanda Zhang, “Amanda Zhang: There's no shame in liking "Twilight"”, in The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, M.I.: University of Michigan, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20...

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