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.

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.

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

According to the California Lottery, someone has won the first-ever top-prize for the "40 Years of Play!" Scratchers game. The winning ticket, worth a whopping $15 million, was purchased by Israel Martin Rodriguez at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Oxnard Street and Woodman Avenue in Van Nuys.