Jackpot Explained

Jackpot or Jackpot! may refer to:

Comics

• Jackpot (character), a series of three Marvel Comics superheroes
• Jackpot (British comics), a 1979–1982 British comic book
• Jackpot Comics, a 1941 American comic book from MLJ Publications

Film

• The Jackpot, a 1950 comedy
• Jackpot (1960 film), a British crime film
• Jackpot (unfinished film), an unfinished film, filmed in 1974 and 1975, directed by Terence Young, starring Richard Burton
• Jackpot (1992 film), an Italian sci-fi-adventure film directed by Mario Orfini
• Jackpot (1993 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Jomon
• Jackpot (2001 film), an American comedy-drama directed by Michael Polish
• Jackpot (2006 film), an Indian Kannada-language romantic-drama film directed by Niranjan
• Jackpot (2009 film), an Indian Bengali-language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly
• Jackpot (2013 film), an Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller directed by Kaizad Gustad
• Jackpot (2015 film), a Vietnamese film
• Jackpot (2018 film), a Pakistani romantic comedy film
• Jackpot (2019 film), an Indian Tamil comedy film directed by Kalyaan
• Jackpot (2020 film), a German thriller film directed by Emily Atef
• Jackpot!, a 2024 American action comedy film directed by Paul Feig

Literature

• Jackpot, a 1990 novel by Bill Pronzini
• Jackpot!, a 1995 novel by Alan Hunter
• The Jackpot, an apocalyptic event in William Gibson's 2014 novel The Peripheral

Music

• Jackpot (musical), a 1944 American musical
• Jackpot (Chingy album), 2003
• Jackpot! (Dave Brubeck album) or the title track, 1968
• Jackpot (Donna Ares album) or the title song, 2004
• Jackpot (Pietro Lombardi album), 2011
• Jackpot! The Best Bette, an album by Bette Midler, 2008
• Jackpot, an album by Jack the Lad, 1976
• "Jackpot" (song), by Boyfriend, 2016
• "Jackpot", a song by the Beat from I Just Can't Stop It
• "Jackpot", a song by Tocotronic
• "Jackpot", a song by Nikki Lane from Highway Queen

Television

• Jackpot (game show), an American and Canadian game show, in three different runs 1974–1990
• Jackpot (Irish TV series), a general knowledge quiz show 1962–1965
• Jackpot (1960 TV series), an Australian game show
• Jackpot (2016 TV series), a South Korean drama series
• "Jackpot" (CSI), an episode

Other uses

• A prize, such as a progressive jackpot
• Gardena jackpots, a poker variant
• Jackpot, Nevada, a community on the Nevada–Idaho state border

See also

• Operation Jackpot (drug investigation), a federal task force during President Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs
• Operation Jackpot, several military operations
• Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999, a 1969 Indian spy thriller film
• Jackpotting, the hacking of an ATM to release all its cash
• Jackpocket, Lottery app