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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jackpot/ˈʤakpɒt/

▶noun a large cash prize or accumulated stake in a game or lottery.

– phrases
hit the jackpot informal

1 win a jackpot.

2 have great or unexpected success.

– origin C19 (orig. used in a form of poker): from jack1 + pot1.

'jackpot' also found in these Oxford entries:

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a one-million-pound(s) jackpot
Bingo!!! (Jackpot!!!)
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