CLIVE, Iowa — After several years of bad luck, a western Iowa man declares the streak is ended due to a $100,000 Iowa Lottery win.

66-year-old Bret Chickering says he has had a rough few years.

“I went through cancer, I’m three years cancer-free now,” he told the Iowa Lottery. “I fell a year or so ago and broke my hip, had a hip replacement. And the radiation from cancer took all my teeth, and that cost me a lot.”

Chickering says this win took him totally by surprise, but it’s hopefully the start of a new, and luckier, chapter.

“It did, which usually doesn’t happen. I don’t usually have that good of luck!” Chickering said. “This helps a lot.”

Chickering doesn’t have any special plans for his winnings, he’s going to save most of the money and continue his job at a manufacturing facility.

The winning ticket was a “20X” scratch ticket purchased at the Harlan Hy-Vee, 2003 Chatburn Avenue. 20X is a $10 scratch game that features seven top prizes of $100,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.15.