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Example sentences for: jackpot

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

If the Powerball jackpot is worth $50 million and less than $50 million worth of tickets have been sold, then the odds are favorable--and rational betters will rush in to buy tickets, guaranteeing that at least $50 million in tickets will be sold.
Whenever there's a big prize to be won--whether it's a lottery jackpot or the presidency of the United States--people will find a way to spend a lot of money trying to win it.
James Sensenbrenner , R-Wis., won the $250,000 D.C. lottery jackpot.
(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.)
So if you want to make the lottery more attractive, it's better to double the size of the jackpot than to double the number of winners.