Strike it lucky!

    "Jackpot" took its title from Jack Pott, a character
    resurrected from the pages of  "Cor!!". Jack had a
    penchant for gaming and gambling, everywhichway
    he could. Not big-time hussling, of course, just a healthy
    obsession with the gaming spirit... Hmm... Okay, so his
    antics would probably be frowned upon nowadays, but
    back then, it was all just harmless fun...

    As for the comic that borrowed his name, well, it featured
    a familiar mixture of fun strips, with a regular adventure
    strip on the side. But funnily enough, Jack Pott wasn't
    actually the star character...

    Hold the front page...

    As it happens, Richie Wraggs lead the comic into stores
    for the first four issues, before the comic reverted to a
    different splash cover each week. These featured a
    colourful mish-mash of strip promotions alongside
    news of competitions and prizes glaore.

    Then the Incredible Sulk got a cover turn intermittently,
    from issue 44 to issue 57, before those splash covers
    resumed until, at last, The Winners stepped up to the
    challenge. They popped up on the front of issue 99,
    then stepped aside for the big 100th issue, before
    assuming cover stardom from thereon to the end
    of the comic's run...

  

    Strip off...
    
    "Jackpot" appeared to borrow several strips from its
    Fleetway predecessors and companion titles. It also
    featured a number of television-type spoofs...


    TV Spoof strips

    Charlie's Angels                                 
    Angels 'Proper' Charlies 
    
    The Good Life     
    It's A Nice Life  
  
    The  Incredible Hulk
    The Incredible Sulk

    Popeye
    Full O'Beans

    The Sweeney
    Teeny Sweeney

    Blake's Seven
    Jake's Seven


    Lookey-likeys

     Monster Fun's Little Monsters = Gremlins

    Cor!'s Ivor Lott & Tony Broke =  Milly O'Naire & Penny Less

    Whoopee's Bumpkin Billionaires = Richie Wraggs

     The Krazy Gang's Sporty = Sporty