Mega Millions players await Tuesday drawing for $830M jackpot

Lottery players will be gripping their $2 tickets tightly ahead of Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing with an estimated $830 million prize on the line.

The jackpot would be the nation's fourth-largest lottery prize of all time and the third-largest Mega Millions prize. The drawing will take place at 11 p.m. Eastern time.

"It takes a long time for this kind of jackpot to get up this high, so we're excited," Maria Kilbane, public information officer for Mega Millions, told CBS News.