Man wins $20M from scratcher, largest in California Lottery history

LOS ANGELES - A man from Placer County is making history after striking it big with the California Lottery. 

Chad Fry bought the lucky $30 Lottery scratcher that ultimately made him $20 million richer. Lottery officials said this is the largest scratcher prize in California Lottery history. 

"I’m sure it will hit me that I’m a millionaire, all those zeroes," Fry said to the lottery.

Fry said he used some of the extra money he had leftover from a late payment for side construction work that he did to pay for the ticket. 

Fry purchased the winning Set For Life Millionaire Edition scratcher at the Foothill Market in Auburn. 

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According to officials, the Set For Life scratcher has a grand prize twice the amount of any other scratcher on the market. 

Fry chose to take home the lump sum of $11.6 million (before federal taxes), the lottery office revealed, and he added that he plans to buy a new Ford F-250 pickup truck.