jackpots
Slot machine payouts
Jackpots are large cash prizes, especially the top prize in gambling or a lottery.
A slot machine's jackpot accumulates until someone wins.
The term extends to any big windfall or stroke of luck: We hit the jackpot with this apartment.
To hit the jackpot is to achieve sudden, exceptional success or fortune.
Facility for wagering
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- megabucksVast sums of money
- powerballNumbered-ball jackpot drawing
- sweepstakesPrize contest decided randomly
payout · progressive · wager · stakes · betting · odds · bingo · keno
Money distributed to recipient
- prizeReward for winning
- winningsMoney gained from betting
- bonanzaSudden large windfall
- haulPull or carry laboriously
bounty · payday · score · take-home · annuity · claim · winner · collect
Unanticipated lucky gain
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- fortuneWealth or destiny
randomness · coincidence · happenstance · blessing · charmed · odds · longshot · once-in-a-lifetime
Surge of intense excitement
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- elationIntense triumphant joy
buzz · jubilation · exhilaration · celebration · frenzy · screaming · jumping · disbelief
casino
Facility for wagering
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- megabucksVast sums of money
- powerballNumbered-ball jackpot drawing
sweepstakes · payout · progressive · wager · stakes · betting · odds · bingo · keno · slots
payout
Money distributed to recipient
haul · bounty · payday · score · take-home · annuity · claim · winner · collect
windfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- flukeChance stroke of luck
fortune · randomness · coincidence · happenstance · blessing · charmed · odds · longshot · once-in-a-lifetime · horseshoe
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- anticipationState of awaiting something
elation · buzz · jubilation · exhilaration · celebration · frenzy · screaming · jumping · disbelief · shock
bonanza
Sudden large windfall
- lotterieslottery machine, ball machine, lottery winner, lottery winners, lottery odds
- random eventslottery, dice rolls, dice, coin flips, coin toss
- slot machinesslots, reels, paylines, credits, bonus rounds
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- Casinoscasino, casino floor, gaming floor, chips, casino chips
- quiz showstrivia, quizmaster, host, contestants, buzzers
jackpotsconsolation prizes
Rewards for unsuccessful participants
pittances · pennies · participation trophies · small change · crumbs
jackpotstotal losses
Complete aggregate of casualties
losses · busts · wipeouts · losing streaks · bankruptcies
jackpotsmisfortunes
Instances of bad luck
disasters · catastrophes · bad luck · hard luck · calamities
- hit the jackpotWin a major prize
- hitting the jackpot
- jackpot winnerOne who claims top prize
- progressive jackpotPrize increasing until won
- jackpot slotsPrize-paying spinning reels