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November 24, 2014                                  Find us on Facebook and Twitter.        

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Someone is holding a winning New York Powerball ticket worth $1 million, but it will soon expire. The winning second prize ticket for the December 11, 2013 Powerball drawing, which will expire on December 11, 2014, was sold at Quick Mart at 38 North Middletown Road in Nanuet, Rockland County

“We are urging players to check their tickets because there is a $1 million winning Powerball ticket that will expire on December 11,” said Gardner Gurney, Acting Director of the Division of the Lottery. “We’re eager to award this large prize to the lucky winner and hope that person is making plans to claim it before it’s too late.”

The winning numbers from the December 11, 2013 Powerball drawing were 01 – 10 – 13 – 18 – 19 Powerball 27. Prizes can be claimed up to a year after the drawing, which means the lucky winner has less than three weeks remaining to collect the $1 million Lottery prize.

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 six Customer Service Centers statewide, including the Fishkill office at Hudson Valley Towne Center, 18 Westage Business Center, Fishkill, NY 12524 or the Manhattan office at 15 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004. 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 December 11, 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.

Last year at this time, the New York State Lottery’s kicked off a massive search for a dozen “Missing Millionaires” in the New York City Metro Region. Of those 12 tickets, all but three were ultimately claimed:

·       January 5, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Erwin Ishmael of Monroe, Orange County

·       January 24, 2013 Sweet Million drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Brian Locilento of Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

·       February 2, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, sold at C & C Discount, 221 East 167^th Street, Bronx – unclaimed/expired

·       May 11, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, sold at Shop Smart, 238 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn  -- unclaimed/expired

·       May 15, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, sold at Thriftway Church Ave. Drug, 1621 Church Ave., Brooklyn – unclaimed/expired

·       July 13, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Dennis Pedra of Holbrook, Suffolk County

·       September 18, 2013 Powerball drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Yevgeniy Pisman of Brooklyn

·       November 16, 2013 Powerball drawing, $130.3 million prize, claimed by Makim Nikolayev of Brooklyn

·       November 22, 2013 Mega Millions drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Pool of Dreams Partners of Staten Island

·       November 23, 2013 Lotto drawing, $3.2 million prize, claimed by Marianne Jenkeleit of Queens, Ralph Jenkeleit of Queens, and Norman Jenkeleit of New Windsor, Orange County

·       November 26, 2013 Mega Millions drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by Robert Tripoldi of Coram, Suffolk County

·       December 9, 2013 Sweet Million drawing, $1 million prize, claimed by WBEM&S of Uniondale, Nassau County

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.