AUGUSTA, Ga. — Powerball officials have increased the jackpot for Wednesday night’s lottery drawing to an estimated $1.4 billion.

The jackpot ranks as the fourth largest in the Powerball game and the sixth largest among U.S. lottery jackpot games.

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Any player who wins the $1.4 billion jackpot will have the choice of receiving the full prize amount in 29 annual payments or a lump-sum payment estimated at $634.3 million.

This comes after no one matched all six winning numbers in Monday’s drawing.

But a player in Aiken won $50,000 on a ticket bought at Circle K Store No. 5351 on East Pine Log Road.

And across the Savannah

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