hit the jackpot
To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields.
noun
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.
A large cash prize or money.
An unexpected windfall or reward.
A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
a juniper jackpot
A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
verb
Of a slot machine, to issue a jackpot.
I went into the Las Vegas Casino and played $20 in a nickel slot, and it jackpotted for $300.
She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.
To fraudulently exploit an automatic teller machine so that it dispenses cash that has not been withdrawn from an account.
name
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.