If you hold a Mega Millions ticket and hope to convert yourself into a millionaire tonight, the time to tune in tonight will be 11 p.m. EST. That is when draw for the $51 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.

If a lucky winner takes home the jackpot tonight, he or she will have the choice between having the total prize paid out in annual installments over a 29-year period or an immediate payout of a lump sum of $32 million. Before you agonize over that decision, however, you might want to consider that the winning the jackpot are about 1 in 259 million.

Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday, and the draw entry closes at 10:45 p.m. Eastern Time. Tickets to the game are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands -- a total of 45 jurisdictions. And while hitting the jackpot is a true feat, the odds of winning any prize are much better at about 1 in 15.

The lottery's winning numbers from the last drawing on March 17 were 11, 27, 44, 45 and 58, and the Mega Ball number was 3, according to the game's official website. The estimated jackpot had been $42 million, but no one matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on that day, MLive noted.

Meanwhile, a New York woman was announced as the sole winner of a $126 million February Mega Millions jackpot. Tammy Pratt decided to go with the lump-sum option and took home $81.6 million, or approximately $54 million after taxes, the (Middletown, New York) Times Herald-Record reported.

"I normally buy only one ticket when the jackpot is high, but this time I bought $4 worth. I just had a feeling I should get more than one," Pratt said about her win. "I checked the numbers and then saw they all matched up. I was in shock," the woman added.

You can watch a live stream of the lottery drawings at 11 p.m. Eastern Time below.

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