So Jackpot's chairman and cofounder, Allan Tessler, decided to reinvent the company--as an incubator of Internet business-to-business companies.

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For farmers with good bull stock, like Van Tassell's brother Stephen, it's like hitting the jackpot.

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There's touchdown or a jackpot, as they label this thing.

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Somehow his research took him to Jackpot.com, a U.S.-based gaming website that was launched in April.

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Even then it's not likely to be the jackpot for oil companies that many expected.

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There's no guarantee that the Mano will hit the jackpot, or find something recognizable even if it does.

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"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot, " O'Connell told AP.

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"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot, " Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell told The Associated Press.

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American 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards, as well as Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba (5000m), all triumphed in their events to maintain their jackpot hopes.

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Startup companies, by definition, aren't going to attract A-level talent without the lure of that talent's being able to land a share of the gains if the companies hit the jackpot.

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While this certainly could be a jackpot for the poverty-stricken country, it could also come at the price of Afghanistan's cultural heritage.

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