For Immediate Release:                                     Contact: Communications Office

April 29, 2014                                                                     (518) 388-3415

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The clock is ticking for two mystery New York Powerball winners who now have just a few weeks left to claim their $1,000,000 Lottery prizes. Both winning Powerball tickets were sold in Brooklyn.

A winning ticket from the May 11, 2013 Powerball drawing and was sold at the Shop Smart Food Mart at 238 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn and will expire on May 11, 2014. Another winning ticket from the May 15, 2013 Powerball drawing was sold at Thriftway Church Avenue Drug at 1621 Church Avenue in Brooklyn and will expire on May 15, 2014. 

“Time is running out for the winners of these $1,000,000 prizes but we are still hopeful the players will come forward soon to claim their prizes,” 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 for the chance to claim one million dollars.”

The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers from the May 11, 2013 Powerball drawing: 06 – 13 – 19 – 23 – 43, missing only the Powerball number of 16. The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers from the May 15, 2013 Powerball drawing: 02 – 11 – 26 – 34 – 41, missing only the Powerball number of 32.

Prizes can be claimed up to a year after the drawing, which means the lucky winners have only a few weeks left to collect the $1,000,000 Lottery prizes.

Lottery officials recommend that the ticket holder sign the back of the ticket and contact them immediately at 518-388-0563. 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 a 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 $3.04 billion in fiscal year 2012-2013 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.