Box and Jackpot

Box

Box noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

Usage example: with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box

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Jackpot and box are semantically related. in west topic. In some cases you can use "Jackpot" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Jackpot noun - The total of the bets at stake at one time.

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Box and jackpot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Jackpot".

normal	normal box	normal jackpot
original	original box	original jackpot
top	top box	top jackpot
single	single box	single jackpot
Other adjectives: entire, massive, big, huge, final, different, giant.

Sale Of The Century: During the Instant Cash era, if a contestant declined to gamble his entire lead for a 1:3 shot at the jackpot, host Jim Perry would sometimes ask the contestant what box he/she would have picked.

Source: Let's Just See What WOULD Have Happened
It goes downhill from there: WMS machines will usually play at least somewhat appropriate music, but the only visual cue of what's happened is a blue and yellow box reading "Jackpot Call Attendant/HAND PAY: $(amount)".

Source: A Winner Is You
The Australian version's Instant Cash was initially known as the Cash Box, which was the same as the American version except the jackpot started at $2,000 and increased by $1,000 each day until won.

Source: Series / Sale Of The Century

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