jackpot(t)

  • 11jackpot — (n.) also jack pot, big prize, 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from JACK (Cf. jack) (n.) in the card playing sense + POT (Cf. pot) (1).… …

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  • 12jackpot — s. m. 1. Prêmio elevado atribuído num jogo de azar, resultante de acumulação de prêmios ou apostas. 2. Sorte ou acontecimento muito favorável.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …

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  • 13jackpot — /ˈdʒɛkpot, ingl. ˈdʒækæpHt/ [vc. ingl., comp. di jack, il «fante», che permette, se doppio, di aprire il gioco nel poker, e pot «pentola» nel senso di «posta accumulata»] s. m. inv. (nei giochi d azzardo) posta □ (est.) successone, colpo grosso …

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  • 14jackpot — (izg. džȅkpȍt) m DEFINICIJA term. dobitak koji raste poslije svakog kruga igre (u pokeru, na lutriji, automatu za kockanje); kumulativna nagrada; velezgoditak, bankovnica, glavnjak ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 15Jackpot — Der Begriff Jackpot (amerikan. jack = Bube; pot = Topf, Sammelgefäß) stammt aus dem Kartenspiel Poker und hat später auch bei anderen Glücksspielen Einzug gehalten, bei denen der Begriff Spieltopf als Synonym verwendet wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …

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  • 16jackpot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ £1 million, $10 million, etc. ▪ lottery VERB + JACKPOT ▪ get, hit (often figurative), s …

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  • 17Jackpot — Haupttreffer; Hauptgewinn; Hauptpreis * * * Jack|pot 〈[dʒæ̣kpɔt] m. 6〉 1. 〈Poker〉 gemeinsamer Spieleinsatz 2. 〈Lotto, Toto〉 hohe Gewinnsumme aus mehreren Spielen, bei denen kein erster Rang vergeben wurde [engl.; <jack „Bube (als Spielkarte)“… …

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  • 18jackpot — UK [ˈdʒækˌpɒt] / US [ˈdʒækˌpɑt] noun [countable] Word forms jackpot : singular jackpot plural jackpots 1) a large amount of money that someone wins in a card game, the lottery, or another game involving money a 1.7 million pound jackpot 2) a… …

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  • 19jackpot — /jak pot /, n. 1. the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine. 2. Poker. a pot that accumulates until a player opens the betting with a pair of predetermined denomination, usually… …

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  • 20jackpot — noun a) A variant of draw poker in which players contribute equally to the pot and in which betting may be started only by a player with a pair of jacks or a better hand. In some variations the pot accumulates if no player is able to start. ...… …

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