WASHINGTON — Check your tickets: Powerball's jackpot climbed to $593 million for Wednesday's drawing as the game's winless streak continues and lotto fever heats up.

The massive jackpot comes in the form of an annuity, and the cash lump sum payment is valued at $277.6 million.

The grand prize has steadily increased since the last grand prize winners in September, who split the second-largest Powerball jackpot in history earlier this year. On Sept. 6, two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas matched all six numbers to claim a staggering $1.8 billion prize, marking one of the largest lottery wins in U.S. history.

Powerball's rising jackpot comes after a long winless run for the competing lottery game Mega Millions finally came to an end when a ticket worth nearly a billion dollars was sold

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