jackpot 的词源

也写作jack-pot，意为“大奖”，1944年，从老虎机的意义（1932年）得来，源自现在已废弃的扑克意义（1881年），指当没有玩家手中有一对杰克或更好的牌时开始的下注；来自于牌类游戏中的jack（名词）+ pot（名词1）。早期，在犯罪俚语中，它意为“麻烦”，特别是“被捕”（1902年）。

The regular Draw-Poker game is usually varied by occasional Jack-Pots, which are played once in so many deals, or when all have refused to play, or when the player deals who holds the buck, a marker placed in the pool with every jack-pot. In a jack-pot each player puts up an equal stake and receives a hand. The pot must then be opened by a player holding a hand of the value of a pair of knaves (jacks) or better. If no player holds so valuable a hand the deal passes and each player adds a small sum to the pot or pool. When the pot is opened the opener does so by putting up any sum he chooses, within the limit, and his companions must pay in the same amount or "drop." They also possess the right to raise the opener. The new cards called for are then dealt and the opener starts the betting, the play proceeding as in the regular game. [ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, "Poker." The article notes "Jack-Pots were introduced about 1870."]

常规的抽牌扑克游戏通常会偶尔出现Jack-Pots，这些游戏在若干局中才会进行一次，或者在所有人都拒绝游戏时，或当持有buck（一种标记）的人发牌时，每个Jack-Pots中都会将其放入池中。在Jack-Pot中，每个玩家出相等的注金并获得一手牌。然后，必须由持有一对杰克或更好牌的玩家来open（开池）。如果没有玩家持有如此有价值的手牌，则轮次结束，每个玩家需向池中再加一小笔金额。当池子被开启时，开启者可以选择任何金额（在限额内），其余玩家必须支付相同金额或选择“放弃”。他们也有权利加注。然后发新的牌，开启者开始下注，游戏按常规方式进行。[Encyclopaedia Britannica，第11版，1911年，“扑克”。文章提到“Jack-Pots约在1870年被引入。”]

“击中大奖”（hit the jackpot）意为“非常成功”始于1938年。