Example sentences for: jackpot

How can you use “jackpot” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (More precisely, doubling the number of winners makes the lottery more attractive to the sort of person who never buys lottery tickets anyway, while doubling the jackpot makes it more attractive to the sort of person who might actually be tempted to play.)

  • If you're running a lottery and you're going to pay out $10 million, you can offer a single $10 million jackpot or you can offer 10 prizes of $1 million each.

  • He allows that at first glance, it seems almost miraculous that Joe Blow would win the $10 million jackpot.

  • Retired Chicago electrician Frank Capaci won the $195 million Powerball lottery . It's the biggest lottery jackpot in world history, though after taxes it turns out to be just about $54 million.

  • James Sensenbrenner , R-Wis., won the $250,000 D.C. lottery jackpot.


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