WASHINGTON — Check your tickets: Monday's Powerball jackpot climbed to $605 million after a streak of no winners.

The cash option for Monday's jackpot is $273.4 million. That's the option most winners take, as opposed to the full value paid out as an annuity.

Players also have a chance to win $1 million, or $2 million with the Power Play option, if they match all five regular numbers but not the Powerball.

Winning Powerball Numbers for Monday, August 18

Monday's winning numbers were 15-46-61-63-64, Powerball 1. The Power Play was 3x.

If a winner matched all five numbers and the Powerball, they have the option to take the full jackpot paid out over 30 years, or a smaller cash payout. Winners almost always take the cash option.

Even with the smaller lump sum payout, federal taxes will

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