Well, there’s $1,000,000 lottery mystery that’s still unsolved in our state. Someone hasn’t claimed their winning ticket for the 2024 Minnesota raffle and time is running out.

Sammy Salina is in Delano, where that lucky ticket was purchased.

To think that someone here could be a millionaire and they just don’t know it.

“We’ve had other winners, you know, nothing that was this large, of course.”

Joe Tipka is the store’s director of Coburn’s in Delano. He hopes that the person who bought a lottery ticket from them a year ago will claim their $1,000,000 prize.

“I truly hope that someone is holding onto the ticket.”

The ticket was bought as part of the new year’s raffle and there’s only three days left to claim the money.

What would you do if you want $1,000,000? A million, just a million straight up, not after taxes, just straight one million.

“Maybe go to the casino.”

“I’m going to donation to the puppy rescues because I love puppy.”

So much can be done with a million. It begs the question, what happened to the ticket?

There’s been a lot of theories going around.

“Misplaced it, didn’t check the numbers.”

“I think it’s kind of weird.”

“There’s a lot of people that buy him as gifts.”

“When I buy tickets, I throw in the corner and live it there.”

“You need to check your tickets. Do that for me.”

“Okay, I will. I will from now on.”

“No, you do it right now.”

And Reese has her own theory.

“I was and I believe that I was the person that sold that ticket. I’m just saying.”

She says her spidey senses point her to one man in particular.

“One gentleman paid over $100 for his nieces and nephews. And I’m kind of thinking maybe one of those nieces or nephews won. Just my assumption.”

There is, of course, no way to confirm that, unless someone steps forward.

The person who has the winning ticket has until the end of business day on December 31st to claim their ticket. If it goes unclaimed, the money is forfeited to the state. Sammy Solina, Carol Levin News.