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Hanley, who has played the lottery for 30 years before picking up the jackpot winner in Newmarket, said he jumped for joy once he realized 鈥� but聽still weighed whether the multimillion-dollar news warranted waking up his wife, “who loves her sleep.”

”鈥楬oney, do you want to kiss a millionaire?鈥�” he recalled asking her in an effort to surprise her. “Funny enough, she sternly said, 鈥楴o,鈥� and tried to go back to sleep.鈥�

But once she had fully woken up and understood the win, Hanley’s wife cried tears of joy, he said.

Hanley and his wife decided to tell their adult children the news face-to-face, he said, adding his wife’s tears and insistence that everything is all right over the phone probably made them think someone had died.

Hanley’s wife asked him to hold her coffee so her hands would be free to hug her their children, he said.

It聽“felt so good to tell them, and it鈥檚 a dream come true to now be able to provide for them in so many incredible ways,” Hanley said.

He said he hopes to surprise his family with some of his cash windfall: 鈥淭hey鈥檙e probably not going to believe it at first because you don鈥檛 expect someone to suddenly come out of the blue and give you a gift like this.鈥�

Hanley said he also wants “to travel the world for its food,” checking out authentic French bread, wine and cheese聽鈥斅燼dding he wanted to buy a castle, but his wife turned him down.

The next Lotto Max jackpot draw is Friday, with an estimated $40-million payout.