Someone could start their Thanksgiving Eve a few million dollars richer thanks to a massive Mega Millions jackpot that’s up for grabs.

Check back here at 11 p.m. for the Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024: Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. The cost is $2 per ticket, but you can add the Megaplier for $1, which will increase the amount of your potential prize up to five times the original prize (except for the jackpot).

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $489 million, with a cash option of $229.3 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia.

In March, a lucky Mega Millions player from New Jersey won a whopping $1.1 billion. Although that prize has not been claimed yet, the lottery says that it's not the first time a jackpot went unclaimed. Check below for the winning numbers from the Tuesday, Nov. 26 Mega Millions drawing.

A Mega Millions player narrowly missed the $420 million jackpot but still won a $1 million prize in Texas. The winning ticket matched five numbers but not the Mega Ball in the Tuesday, Nov. 19, drawing, according to the Mega Millions site.

According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, a winner tonight would have the choice of taking home the $489 million jackpot as an annuity or $225.3 million in cash.

The top prize in Tuesday's Mega Millions for November 19, 2024, was an estimated annuitized $420 million. If a player wanted the cash payout on last night's jackpot they would be expecting a prize of $194.3 million, that's estimated as well.