Progressive jackpot

The term Jackpot ( amerikan. jack = jack; pot = pot, collection vessel ) comes from the card game of poker and has later also been introduced in other games of chance in which the term game pot is used as a synonym.

Poker

When jackpot, these are a special variant of the opening draw poker. Players pay before the cards are dealt an agreed amount ( Ante ) into the pot, usually the middle of the table where all bets of the round are. Now the dealer deals out the cards to each player and then interviewed the players of the series to see if one of them has received at least two boys ( amerikan. jacks ). The first player to so, opened the game. If all players meet this condition, the game round is finished, the stakes remain in the jackpot, and the cards are re-issued. The jackpot will remain until a player has a poker game successfully - completed - by winning the whole jackpot.

Lotto

The term jackpot is also found in other forms of gambling use, such as in state lotteries. This generally stakes meant fulfills the requirements to win the none of its players and is paid in addition at the next playout to the winners. If repeatedly occurs no win-win situation for the jackpot, this increase still further, and the players have the same chance of winning the prospect of a bigger profit.

The highest jackpot in the lottery German history was 38,455,999.20 euros. ( 6 correct with super speed ) were combined with 5% of the stakes for the draw of 5 December 2007 thus distributed around 45.3 million euros to three winners in the 1.Gewinnklasse. The effective advertising claim of lottery companies that the jackpot had risen in the last days before the draw on more than 43 million euros, is incorrect according to the above definition.

In Germany, however, the jackpot in the German Lotto and Toto block may be due to a regulation can not be indefinitely increased - the winning amount is transferred to the next lower class and if in 12 (until 2009: 14) no winner in the relevant (generally the highest consecutive draws ) income class was determined; this procedure is referred to as a forced distribution, which in the 13th: is performed (formerly 15 ) playout.

In April 2012, a huge jackpot was hit in the U.S.. A retired couple won one-third of the jackpot - 213 333 333 U.S. dollars.

In the U.S., the jackpots are usually many times greater than they ever are in Germany. The previous highest jackpot was hit on May 18, 2013, was $ 590.5 million. After 13 rollovers, which could continue to rise every time the jackpot, the 83 -year-old Gloria MacKenzie won the huge sum. In the U.S., it is common that the taxes have to be deducted from the total prize money. The $ 590.5 million can therefore be referred to as gross profit amount. The special feature of this jackpot was that a person has won the complete winnings. The second highest jackpot of the United States was cracked on 28 November 2012 by two people. The jackpot was $ 587.5 million, which was paid only after 15 rollovers. Here there are two winners could divide the sum. One of the players came from Missouri, the other from Arizona. The third highest jackpot was won in 2006. At the time were $ 365 million after 18 rollovers in the jackpot and went to Nebraska.

Slots

Even with slot machines ( one-armed bandit ) in a casino, this term is commonly used when multiple machines at the casino (local jackpot house jackpot ), or even machines from several casinos ( nationwide jackpot, for example, Texas jackpot ) are connected together. From every wager a certain percentage is added to the jackpot that can be won in a vending machine.