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Arizona ticketholder 'set for life' after winning top prize

The ticketholder will receive $250,000 annually for the next 20 years.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — The owner of a scratch ticket sold in Pinal County recently won a top prize worth $5 million. 

The Arizona Lottery said it'd gotten the first top prize winner for its new "Set for Life" scratch ticket. Five top prize tickets remain.

The anonymous winner chose to receive the prize of $250,000 paid annually over 20 years.

The valuable ticket was sold at Fry's store near Pinal Avenue and McCartney Road in Casa Grande.

"Seeing our first ‘Set For Life’ top prize winner choose to receive $250,000 every year for the next 20 years is exciting,” Arizona Lottery Executive Director Alec Esteban Thomson said.

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