BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The fourth largest jackpot in Powerball lottery history will be up for grabs on Wednesday after Saturday’s drawing saw the 14th consecutive drawing without a winner,

The Powerball jackpot stands at $320 million for the drawing of Wednesday, August 15. With sales going better than anticipated, the jackpot was raised $15 million from its $305 million total listed on Monday.

Lottery Post reports that the $213.3 million lump sum payout is already the largest total in Powerball’s history. Winning numbers for the Powerball drawing of August 11 were 4, 13, 39, 46, and 51, according to the Powerball website. The Powerball number was 1.

One player from New Jersey matched the first five numbers without having the Powerball to win second prize of $1 million. Philly.com reported that the New Jersey ticket was purchased at Express Food Mart in Hackettstown, Warren County.

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According to philly.com, the Powerball annuity jackpot has grown by $108 million in just one week. The total is on the verge of breaking the game’s previous annuity record of $365 million, set in February 2006. The lump sum payout for that one was $177.3 million. Wednesday's drawing marks the fourth largest annuity prize in Powerball history.

The next Mega Millions drawing jackpot of $45 million seems dwarfed by the current Powerball numbers, but some locals have found success with the game’s third prize. Lottery.com reports that a $10,000 winner for the drawing of July 31 was sold at a 7-11 in Edison, Middlesex County.

And the drawing of August 3 did even better. According to lottery.com, four $10,000 winning third-place tickets were sold in New Jersey. One was sold at Shoprite of West Orange in Essex County, another in Hoboken, Hudson County at Washington Liquors, another was bought in Jackson, Ocean County at Buyrite Liquors, and one more came from Convenience America in Passaic County.