Nanaimo man wins $21M lotto 6/49 jackpot

A man from Nanaimo, B.C.,who digs hydro poles for a living is the winner of the latest Lotto 6/49 jackpot.

"Hole-digger Bill" Laharty, as he's known to his friends, won $21 million last Saturday.

The B.C. Lotto Corporation says the win is the largest in Canada from aticket purchased online.

"I checked my account and there were a lot of zeros and numbers and I phoned and they said I'd won," Laherty said.

"It not only changes my life, it changes my family's life, my friend's life," he said. "It's a lot of money.It's more money then I'm ever going to need."

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Laharty hasn't wasted any time starting to spend his winnings.

"I've already bought a couple of cars. I haven't paid for them yet, but I bought them," he said, grinning. Two BMWs one for me and one for my friend."

Retiring, travelling and buying a condo "somewhere exotic" like the Philippines or Bora Bora is also in the cards, Laharty said.