How to Use jackpot in a Sentence

jackpot

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  • The lottery jackpot is up to one million dollars.
  • Even so, the chances of winning the jackpot are very slim.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • If there's no jackpot winner, the cash prize will increase by millions.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The unnamed ticketholder beat the 1 in 303 million odds of winning the jackpot.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
  • New data from No Deposit Rewards shows which states have the most major jackpot winners.
    — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The win comes after an Illinois resident won $1.3 billion in the Mega Millions jackpot last month.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies.
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
  • The jackpot ticket holder has up to a year from the day of the draw to change it.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The prize would have been the fifth largest US lottery jackpot.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The jackpot has grown enormous due to a long dry spell.
    — Jim Salter, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The jackpot now rolls over to close to $1 billion for the next drawing.
    — The Enquirer, 26 July 2023
  • There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
  • How much is the jackpot and what are your chances of winning?
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Will this Mega Millions jackpot be as large as the last?
    — Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
  • If no one wins, the jackpot climbs higher for the next drawing.
    — National Desk, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot?
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
  • What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot?
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Kylie Kelce hit the brother-in-law jackpot with Travis Kelce!
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • The July record-setting jackpot was the last time the jackpot was won.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The odds of beating the pros are long, but plenty of people do hit the jackpot.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The last winner to cash in a jackpot won a prize worth $842.4 million on New Year’s Day.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Those are the over-the-top odds Tuesday night’s winner had to overcome to win the jackpot.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • But if and when those options hit, a jackpot could be in the making.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The upcoming drawing will be the 36th in this jackpot run.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The last time someone won the jackpot was Dec. 8, and when there is no winner the jackpot rolls over.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The drawing was the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won in the month of April since the game began in 2002.
    — Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
  • The next winner will be the fifth Powerball jackpot winner of 2023.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2023

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