Sentence:  and if you are not next to the ways and customs, the first thing you know you are in a <WSD>jackpot</WSD> so big four one spots would not be openers. I don't know what that last expression means, but I heard a fellow use it, and he was talking about a fellow that was in a very bad fix. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A difficult situation.