Friday the 13th might be unlucky for many people, but Mega Millions players could be lucky for tonight’s $695 million jackpot.

A Powerball player in New York has the winning ticket in Saturday's drawing, the game announced Sunday. The player has the option to take either the annuitized prize of $256 million or a lump sum payment of $123.5 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot has gone unclaimed since Sept. 10, when a Texas player hit the $810 million grand prize, lottery officials said. What to know about Mega Millions. To sco

The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Friday, Dec. 13, the national Mega Millions site said. Tickets sold in Massachusetts and New York each won $1 million, the lottery said.

No Mega Millions jackpot-winning ticket was sold ahead of Friday’s drawing, meaning that the prize is close to reaching record levels. The new jackpot was set at $740 million, with the next drawing coming on Tuesday,

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing to $740 million.