Time is running out for the owner of a Mega Millions second-prize ticket worth $1 million to claim their loot before the ticket expires next month , a New York Lottery official said Monday.

“No one has claimed the prize as yet,” the New York State Gaming Commission told The News in an email.

Lottery officials have been urging whoever bought a Mega Millions ticket at Cold Cut Express on Dubois Avenue in Valley Stream, Long Island, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 2024, to rummage through junk drawers, root under couch cushions, and turn every single pocket inside-out.

“Felt like there’s been something missing this year?” the New York Lottery posted on Facebook last week. “ Check your old tickets to make sure it’s not that you’re the Mega Millions winner whose ticket is about to expire.”

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