A dad has died following a horror stair fall without knowing he had just scooped the jackpot on the lottery.
Andrew Gillon tragically passed away days after he broke his neck at a friend’s house on New Years Eve.
He died during surgery on January 7 and his winnings will be collected by his heartbroken daughter, report the DailyRecord.
The 59-year-old, along with everyone else on Shaw Crescent, Wishaw, had won £7.9million on the Postcode Lottery.
He never even knew he had fulfilled a lifetime ambition to win big. His daughter Lisa said: “I found out dad had won via his friend and neighbour.
“I thought there was no way he could have as I had blocked his bank account, so I presumed no payments would have been taken.
“My dad’s played postcode lottery for as many years as I can remember.
“When I got it confirmed, I felt absolutely devastated at first. I could just hear the excited phone call from him telling me he had won and I know his first thought would be to book us all a holiday.
“Now I still feel sad that he’s not here to enjoy this with us, but I also feel some excitement for him and I’m sure he has had something to do with this.
“There’s been so many ‘signs’ since he left us and I’m certain he is watching saying ‘I told you so’.
“All I remember him saying is, ‘well you won’t be laughing when I win!’ and he was right I wasn’t laughing, I was crying.”
Andrew is still counted as one of the winners of Scotland’s biggest single Postcode Lottery Jackpot and Lisa has been chosen to collect his prize in his honour.
The Postcode Lottery announced earlier this week that hundreds of players within the ML20 postcode had been told they had won a share of the £7.9m jackpot.
All winners will receive a minimum of £1,000.
Lisa will find out exactly how much her dad’s postcode has won at an exclusive event in Glasgow.
