The Powerball jackpot has climbed above the quarter-billion dollar mark for the first time since late November.

Wednesday’s top prize is $255 million with a cash option of $154.4 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and air on WABC-7 in the New York City area nad WPVI-6 near Philadelphia.

Saturday’s drawing produced a $1 million winner in New Jersey and a $2 million winner in Texas, but no one captured the jackpot for the 14th consecutive time. 

A Pennsylvania couple won a $121.6 million prize on Dec. 17 with a ticket bought in Delaware.

Before that 20 co-workers at a Tennessee auto manufacturing plant split a $420.9 Powerball jackpot from the Nov. 26 jackpot.

Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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