You may want to look through any crumpled-up papers or trash laying around.

A $1 million unclaimed winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Valley Stream is set to expire on Dec. 13, the New York Lottery announced Friday.

The second-prize winning Mega Millions ticket was sold at Cold Cut Express at 507 Dubois Ave. and had numbers drawn on Dec. 13, 2024.

The winning numbers were 36-43-52-58-65 and the Mega Ball 16.

Store manager Bobby Patel said the ticket was the only $1 million win he had seen in his 13 years of working at the deli.

"I’m happy for them, my customers," he said in a phone interview Friday. "People come in to win money."

Lottery tickets are a main source of income for the store, which has a stream of regular customers, Patel said.

"I say to everyone ... check your ticke

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