MADISON, Wis. -- Is Friday the 13th an unlucky day? Mega Millions players throughout the country may not agree as they try their luck at the current estimated jackpot of $695 million – the eighth largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.

The last Mega Millions jackpot won on a Friday the 13th was on January 13, 2023, when a giant $1.348 billion prize was won in Maine. That is still the third-largest jackpot in the game’s history. Michigan has been particularly lucky on the unlucky day, with four winning jackpots over the years: June 2008 ($57 million), May 2011 ($27 million), June 2014 ($66 million), and one at $42 million in October 2017 (shared with Rhode Island). The remaining two Friday the 13th jackpots won were in New York in March 2009 ($26 million) and in Ohio in November 2015 ($202 million).

A Wisconsin Lottery player has not won a Mega Millions jackpot on Friday the 13th, however, Friday the 13th has produced some sizable Wisconsin Mega Millions winners during the last six years including:

* January 13, 2023. Two $10,000 winning tickets, matching four of five numbers and the Mega Ball, were sold at Kwik Trip in Grand Chute and Pick N Save in Oshkosh.

*November 13, 2020. A $10,000 winning ticket, matching four of five numbers and the Mega Ball, was sold at Wailer Enterprises LLC in Marshfield..  

*April 13, 2018. A winning $1,000,000 ticket, matching five of five numbers but not the Mega Ball, was sold at the Service Oil Company Inc. in Oshkosh.

Other Mega Millions Quick Facts:

* Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has produced six jackpots greater than $1 billion. All were won in different states – South Carolina was the first in 2018, followed by Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, Maine in January 2023, Florida in August 2023, and New Jersey in March 2024.

* The Mega Millions jackpot was hit 10 times in 2023 and three times so far in 2024.

* The last Mega Millions jackpot won in 2024 was a $810 million win on September 20, 2024 in Texas.

Mega Millions drawings are on Tuesday and Friday at 10 p.m. Tickets must be purchased before 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday to be included in that day's drawing.

The odds of winning a $10,000 Mega Millions prize are 1:913,002 and odds of winning a $1,000,000 Mega Millions prize are 1:12,607,307. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1:302,575,350.