jackpot
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This jackpot portrayal of working motherhood never ceases to be a thrill for me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Vincent Guerra said uncovering the WhatsApp group was like "hitting the jackpot"
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
A family almost missed out on a £1m lottery jackpot after unknowingly ignoring calls and emails notifying them that they had won.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Powerball prize has hit $1 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing, the highest jackpot of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The hunter who had come by our tent collecting the jackpot money came up to me.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
And backers of AI companies have billions, if not trillions, of reasons to hope their gambles aren’t just once-in-a-generation jackpots, but once in a human existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
In fact, in the case of the 50 largest lottery jackpots claimed to date, the prize has been split by two or more winners 10 times.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Powerball has only seen back-to-back to billion-dollar jackpots twice, and this one has arrived just in time for the holidays,” Matt Strawn, Iowa Lottery chief executive and Powerball Product Group chair, said in the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
This is also the second time the game has produced back-to-back billion-dollar jackpots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
More people have won lottery jackpots than flown in space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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