Squamish resident James Naabye won $500,000 playing in the September Lotto Max draw.

Money wasn't the only thing James Naabye gained after winning $500,000 in a recent Lotto Max draw. The Squamish, B.C., resident told lottery officials he also has a newfound "sense of peace" thanks to the unexpected financial cushion.

Naabye told the BCLC he hasn’t decided what to do with the money, but that he hopes to use some of it to travel to Europe. The odds of matching all four Extra numbers to win $500,000 are one in 3.76 million, according to lottery officials.

The odds matching all seven numbers in the main Lotto Max draw are even worse, at approximately one in 33.29 million.

Naabye won the Extra prize in the Sept. 16 Lotto Max draw, with a ticket he purchased at a local 7-Eleven on Cleveland Avenue. The winner is very excited about the winner and offcourse about the big jackpot prize.