SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Someone out there is sitting on a million dollar New York Lottery prize.

A winning second-prize ticket for the March 18, 2014 Mega Millions drawing was purchased at Arnold’s Service Station at 1868 Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn.  Prizes can be claimed up to a year after the drawing, which means the lucky winner has only one week left to collect the $1,000,000 Lottery prize.

“A big $1,000,000 check is waiting for the winner of this lucky ticket, but there is only one week left to claim it,” said Gardner Gurney, Acting Director of the Division of the Lottery. “We are urging players to check and double-check their tickets one last time before it is too late.”

The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers from the March 18, 2014 Mega Millions drawing: 11 – 19 – 24 – 33 – 51, missing only the Powerball number of 07.

Lottery officials recommend that the ticket holder sign the back of the ticket and contact them immediately at 518-388-3370. The winner may claim the ticket at any one of the Lottery’s Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004 and the Long Island office at 45 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803. To learn more about how to redeem a prize, click here.

As is always the case, in the event the prize is not claimed by the deadline, the prize money will be returned to the prize pool for future winners. It is used to subsidize prizes for jackpots, promotions and/or special one-time games.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.17 billion in fiscal year 2013-2014 to help support education in New York State.  The Lottery’s contribution represents 15 percent of total state education aid to local school districts. 

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education.  It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.

About the New York State Gaming Commission

The New York State Gaming Commission regulates all aspects of gaming and gambling activity in the state, including horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering, class III Indian gaming, video lottery terminal facilities at race tracks, the state lottery and charitable gaming.