A Rhode Island man wins $2.6 million in scratch off lottery game

A Rhode Island resident becomes a millionaire after receiving a scratch-off ticket from his father.

Steven Richard, of Barrington, about 10 miles south of Providence, won the $4 million top prize in the $4,000,000 Bonus Bucks scratch-off game, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Lottery.

Richard told lottery officials that he was having breakfast with his father on March 29 when his father gave him a scratch-off ticket.

Richard said that his father always does this, so he didn't think anything of it. Later that day, Richard decided to scratch the ticket to reveal its prizes.

The ticket showed that he was now a millionaire, but he couldn't believe it. To get a second opinion, Richard scanned the ticket in the Massachusetts Lottery App to confirm what he saw, the lottery said.