A lucky lottery player in Southern California has claimed the first-ever top prize of a scratcher lottery ticket that celebrates the game's 40th anniversary, California Lottery officials said Wednesday.

A woman was given a $20 scratch-off from her dad, and the California prize left her in “disbelief,” lottery officials said. Ashley Eugene was gifted a Maximum Millions ticket from her dad for Christmas, but she didn’t check it right away and had no idea it carried a $5 million prize, according to a May 16 news release by the California Lottery.

The recent run of lottery Scratchers jackpot wins in and around the Bay Area continued with a lucky player in San Jose.

A California Lottery Scratcher ticket worth approximately $15 million, was sold in February at a 7-Eleven in Van Nuys, California. A Southern California man, Israel Martin Rodriguez, has claimed the prize. The 7-Eleven store that sold the winning ticket also received $75,000.

Someone has a California Lottery scratcher ticket worth a $5 million grand prize, lottery officials reported. The winning ticket was sold at Georgetown Gas & Go in Georgetown, the California Lottery said in a Thursday, May 15, news release.

A California Lottery player has become the first top-prize winner of the state’s 40th anniversary-themed Scratchers game, taking home a staggering $15 million. Israel Martin Rodriguez scored the