Nanaimo lotto player wins $1 million in Lotto Max draw.

A Nanaimo man is a shiny new tycoon and has begun arranging dream get-aways.

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James Honeyman won $1 million playing Lotto 6/49 in the July 23 draw, declared a B.C. Lottery Corporation public statement this week.

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Honeyman bought his ticket through PlayNow.com.

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He checked his ticket utilizing his telephone application on a Sunday morning and saw the award sum spring up, "which was mind blowing."

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He and his significant other are intending to go to some fantasy locations including an extravagance journey through the Panama Canal.

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Honeyman said the success is groundbreaking.

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"It implies my significant other and I can partake in our retirement,

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and go on trips we've for a long time truly needed to take," he said.

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