A Nanaimo man is already living the dream after winning the $21-million jackpot in last Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 draw. His PlayNow.com windfall set a record for the biggest online lottery win in Canada. It’s awesome.”Laharty — who, until his lottery win, worked for 20 years digging holes and building anchors for hydro poles — is now retired. “Now, I don’t have to do that anymore.”Laharty said that although he’s only been buying tickets online for five years, he’s bought Lotto tickets off and on for the past 20 years. Lottery Corporation said that Laharty’s Vancouver Island town is now home to Canada’s two largest online lottery wins, the other one being a $7.6-million prize won in 2010 by another Nanaimo resident.

Source: National Post August 19, 2016 23:24 UTC