Powerball cash jackpot reaches record level

Powerball's already giant jackpot just got richer, enough to leapfrog the old cash record, set this year.

The new fortune up for grabs Wednesday: $320 million for the annuity (up $15 million from Monday), $213.3 for the cash (up $10 million).

The only larger Powerball annuity in the last six years was $336.4 million in February. A Rhode Island woman who had the single winning ticket instead took the game's new record for cash: $210 million. Less taxes, of course.

If this one rolls over, expect a new Powerball record, possibly shattering the $365 million annuity hit by eight Nebraska food-plant workers in February 2006. That one paid $177.3 million in cash. - Peter Mucha