These entrepreneurs sometimes invest in several groups in the hope that one of them will hit the jackpot when a vessel is captured so they can get their cut of the ransom.

Growing up in a family of six, including two perpetually ravenous brothers, leftovers were a rarity, and when they appeared, they were a kind of edible jackpot.

Attorney Scott Rosenblum said in August that his client had won several casino jackpots and when he sought to collect them, the officer who would have supervised the transaction “needlessly” ran a search for warrants.

Westwick proposed in January, saying he “hit the jackpot” a little more than a year after making their relationship public.

He soon hit the jackpot after he found a six-carat diamond, which was worth a fortune 50 years ago.