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A lottery player from Placer County, California, has expressed his shock that he is a millionaire from a scratch-to-win ticket.
Chad Fry bought a $30 lottery Set For Life Millionaire Edition ticket and is now $11.6 million richer, according to a KTLA75 television report. This has made Fry the largest scratch-ticket prizewinner in California's lottery history.
Fry said he was at the Foothill Market in Auburn to "buy some beer and a Lottery ticket." The Set for Life Millionaire Edition ticket has a grand prize twice the amount of any other on the market, according to the lottery office.
Speaking of his winnings, Fry said: "I'm sure it will hit me that I'm a millionaire, all those zeroes.
"I was like, 'Hold on, let me scratch this thing really quick.' I scratched the first line, got halfway through the second and saw 'LIFE'," Fry told the lottery office.
The lottery administrators said Fry chose to take the lump sum of $11.6 million (before federal taxes), instead of $20 million over 25 years, and plans to buy a new Ford pickup truck with the money.
Elsewhere in California, in San Francisco, a lottery player's failure to possess a winning ticket has led to an attack on a store owner.
Hisham Abu has claimed a customer shot him with a homemade weapon at his store, Sam's Shop, on August 10.
A man entered the store in the morning with a lottery ticket, but Abu informed him it was not a winner, which caused him to become agitated, according to ABC 7 News.
Abu said the man accused him of being responsible for his lottery loss. The customer had a strange homemade device, consisting of a piece of wood and balloon, with which he attacked the store owner.
"He told me, 'You sold a fake ticket,' and he had a balloon in his hand, with a pin from the front, and he had a piece of wood almost one foot long," Abu said. "[He] hit the balloon with a piece of wood, and bullet goes out and it hit my shoulder."
Abu said he was not aware of his injuries until it was pointed out by someone.
The unnamed man was later taken into police custody, and Abu hopes he will remain there where he is unable to hurt anyone else.
It is unclear, based on the available information, which kind of lottery ticket the customer had purchased from Abu.
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