New York lottery player won a $256 million Powerball jackpot.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is at $20 million after a lottery player in California won the $1.

The Powerball jackpot increased again after it remained unclaimed, but one lucky person won a couple million on Christmas.

The Powerball jackpot has not been hit since Dec. 7, when a New York player won the $256 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.