Definition of "jackpot" []

• The accumulated stakes in a kind of poker that requires one to hold a pair of jacks or better in order to open the betting. (noun)
• A cumulative pool in a competition, lottery, or various other games. (noun)
• A top prize or reward. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "ANDY SCOTT guided the Bees towards the title jackpot and roared: Let's go to Vegas"
• "Add this to a handful of other divestments in power, energy and minerals companies, and a jackpot from the sale of telecom airwaves, and the government has netted itself a cool $29 billion this year."
• "People play the machines because they expect a large short-term jackpot, while the machines are in fact programmed to pay off, say, $0.80 on the dollar in the long term."