The New York Lottery is asking Mega Millions players to check their tickets because a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in New York will expire next month.
If you are a Mega Millions player and haven't checked your winning numbers recently, you might want to grab your tickets and give them a quick check because an unclaimed prize-winning ticket worth $1 million sold in New York will expire in December.
The New York Lottery announced on Monday that a prize-winning ticket worth $1 million sold in Nassau County, NY, remains unclaimed and will expire next month. The Mega Millions second prize-winning ticket was sold at Cold Cut Express located at 507 Dubois Avenue in Valley Stream, NY, for the December 13th, 2024, drawing.
The winning numbers for that drawing were 36, 43, 52, 58, and 65, and the Mega Ball was 16.
Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prize, so whoever is holding the winning ticket has until December 13, 2025, to come forward and claim their $1 million prize.
If you are holding the winning ticket, lottery officials are reminding players to sign the back of the ticket, put it in a safe place, and contact the New York Lottery at 518-388-3370 or visit www.nylottery.ny.gov for information on how to claim your prize.
This isn't the first time a lottery winner has waited until the last minute to cash in their winning ticket. Last month, we learned about Patrick Therrien of Cortlandt Manor, NY, who finally came forward to claim his $1 million Mega Millions prize almost a full year after the winning numbers were drawn on November 15, 2024.
Therrien bought the winning ticket at the Stop & Shop on East Main Street in Peekskill, NY, where he matched all five numbers: 05, 17, 35, 55, and 69. The only one he missed was the Mega Ball, 19.
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