A few more zeroes in your bank account would make for the perfect end to the new year's first week? Then you might want to invest in a Mega Millions ticket today.

The jackpot for the multistate lottery has risen to a solid $165 million, and to find out if it's truly your lucky day, you will want to tune in at 11 p.m. ET. That is when the draw for tonight's jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.

Let's say you hit the jackpot and want to take home every last penny. In that case, the total prize will be paid out to you in annual installments over a 29-year period. Otherwise, you also have the option of an immediate (triple-digit) lump sum payout of "only" about $100 million.

The lottery's winning numbers from the last drawing on Jan. 5 were 1, 4, 36, 48 and 57; the Mega Ball number was 13; and the Megaplier number was 5, according to the game's official website. The estimated jackpot had been $145 million, but no one matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on that day.

But the Tuesday drawing did, however, produce two new millionaires: The multistate lottery reported that both lucky players matched five numbers and thus took home $1 million each. With the Megaplier option, which is used in some states and allows players to increase non-jackpot prize winnings by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times, that prize could have even been as high as $5 million this time around.

Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday, and the draw entry closes at 10:45 p.m. ET. Tickets for the game are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands -- a total of 45 jurisdictions. The odds of winning any prize are about 1 in 15, but your chances of hitting the jackpot are only about 1 in 259 million.

So if you want to find out how close you are to hitting the jackpot and settling into a life of luxury, then click here to learn how to watch the Mega Millions drawings at 11 p.m. ET.

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