Windsor Raley's Shopper is 'Set for Life' with Lottery Scratchers Win

A shopper at Raley's supermarket in Windsor is the first Sonoma County person to win the California Lottery's new "Set for Life" Scratchers game.

A lottery spokeswoman said the winning Scratchers ticket, which pays $100,000 a year for 20 years -- or $2 million--  was purchased Aug. 4 at the Raley's store on Lakewood Avenue. She declined to identify the winner, but she said the person had already claimed the prize.

Windsor Raley's personnel declined comment on whether the winner was a regular customer, referring all questions to the company headquarters in Sacramento. A Raley's communications spokeswoman could not be reached for comment Monday.

According to a California Lottery spokeswoman, Windsor's winner was 13th out of 14 winners statewide so far in the "Set For Life" game and the only one so far in Sonoma County.

California Lottery will also pay the Windsor Raley's store a "selling bonus" of 6 percent of the winnings, a lottery spokesman said.

According to the state lottery website, Scratchers games are growing in popularity. Scratcher ticket sales have contributed to the lottery's 13 percent increase in sales for the third quarter over the same period last year, the website said.