2007-02-21 16:46:49 · 10 answers · asked by unicorn 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Large prize accumulated in a game or lottery
2007-02-22 03:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by manish ranjan singh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Jackpot Mean
2017-01-09 12:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by hamman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of the word jackpot comes from a version of draw poker where a pair of jacks or better are needed to open the "pot" to start betting.
Jackpot may also refer to:
A prize in a game of chance
Jackpot, a game show that aired on NBC from 1974-1975, the USA Network from 1985-1988, and in syndication from 1989-1990
Jackpot, a former British comic
Jackpot, an album by Chingy
Jackpot, Nevada, a town in Nevada, USA
Jackpot (mine prop pre-stressing device) steel balloon used to improve safety in underground mining operations
The Jackpot Saloon is a music venue and bar in Lawrence, KS
Jackpot, a 2001 film directed by Michael Polish and written by Michael and Mark Polish.
The Jackpot technology to reengineer Java source code.
Jackpot, a song by The Beat from their 1980 album I Just Can't Stop It
Jackpot is the name of an Autobot character from the Transformers universes
2007-02-22 07:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by prakhyat v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jack·pot (jăk'pŏt')
n.
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.
A cumulative pool in a competition, lottery, or various other games.
A top prize or reward.
Word Origins Origin: 1879
Poker, an American invention of around 1830, was the game by which the West was won--and lost. During the nineteenth century, poker helped shape our vocabulary as well as our character. In poker we learned to Bluff, making use of an innocent word from 1666, to ante up (1845), and to stand pat (1882). And we learned the pleasures and perils of going for the jackpot.
A jackpot is the betting pool in a version of draw poker that requires a pair of jacks or better to "open the pot" and start the betting. "The money up is called the pot," explained a gambler to an Indiana court in 1879, "and the man who holds jacks can require the others to bet him or to drop out." With a progressive jackpot the standards get higher: if a pot is not opened with jacks or better, then next time a pair of queens or better is required, and so on up.
Playing jackpot poker thus "jacks up" the quality of the competition and the value of the pot. If you "hit the jackpot" (1944), you have gained yourself a rich pot indeed. The jackpot increases the risk of staying in and bluffing with a poor hand because at least one player has at least minimally good cards. But it may also increase the boldness of the bluffing, and thus the size of the pot, because it takes a higher bet to persuade a player with a decent hand to drop out of the betting.
So jackpot has acquired two meanings beyond the realm of poker. One kind of jackpot is serious trouble. "You're probably already in the jackpot for taking a duty car out of Dade County," says a character in a mystery novel by Carl Hiaasen. But the other kind is the more familiar jackpot we hope to win, or rather to hit--in a competition, a lottery, or a lifetime.
Hope this helps
2007-02-21 17:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sachin Bhatia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of the word jackpot comes from a
version of draw poker where a pair of jacks or better
are needed to open the "pot" to start betting.
Jackpot may also refer to a prize in a game of chance.
2007-02-21 16:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: jack·pot
Pronunciation: 'jak-"pät
Function: noun
1 a (1) : a hand or game of draw poker in which a pair of jacks or better is required to open (2) : a large pot (as in poker) formed by the accumulation of stakes from previous play b (1) : a combination on a slot machine that wins a top prize or all the coins available for paying out (2) : the sum so won c : the top prize in a game or contest (as a lottery) that is typically a large fund of money formed by the accumulation of unwon prizes
2 : an impressive often unexpected success or reward
3 chiefly West : a tight spot : JAM
2007-02-21 16:51:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ryann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in addition to what's already been said... in common everyday language a jackpot can be the target, the goal. if you hit the jackpot it usually refers to money. If you find something you are looking for you can call it the jackpot just like saying "bingo" but usually it has to refer to something that improves something else. Like that gem piece of information that makes the story a best seller. Usually it has to do with money or the equivalent.
2007-02-21 18:23:00 · answer #7 · answered by RenaMac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jackpot is the money put in the middle of the table when they place a bet in a game,usually poker. When someone wins they get the jackpot.
2007-02-21 16:50:52 · answer #8 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jackpot usually means a large amount of money but it can also be a luxurious gift too
2007-02-21 21:54:13 · answer #9 · answered by moni krithika inom moni krithika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pot of jack - pot being a large quantity and jack being slang for money. So, a jackpot is a big pile of money.
2007-02-21 16:54:36 · answer #10 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋