Andrew Gillon he was one of those people who blindly believed he was going to win the lottery. In fact, he’d spent years gambling with the goal of winning a big prize that would allow him to take his family on vacation, at the very least. But he never imagined what fate would bring him.
The man of 59 years old was playing the lottery for the postcode village of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, UK.
The golden envelopes finally made their way through the mailboxes up and down the street where Shaw Crescent lived. But it was too late for Andrew, who he died tragically before learning of his award.
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His daughter Lisa Thomas He was surprised to hear that his father had won the award, but now thinks it might be a heartwarming final message.
“When they confirmed it to me, I was absolutely devastated at first. I could only hear her excited phone call of her telling me she had won and I know her first thought would be to book a vacation for all of us,” she confessed. Lisa, 32 years olda Daily log.
“Now I still feel sad because he’s not here to enjoy it with us, but I also have a certain emotion for him and I’m sure it has something to do with it,” she says.
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Andrew had been a long term employee of Scottish Water, had earned a share of Prize pool of $10,000 wider than 10 million spread across your postcode area.
A big fan of the postcode lottery, his first Christmas card last year was from the organisation. “All I remember saying was: “Well, you won’t laugh when I win!” and she was right, I wasn’t laughing, I was crying,” she says excitedly.
Lisa hopes to spend the money on a Florida vacation, like her father would have liked. There she got married and has many memories with her father. Though it will be painful for her because the previous five times she has set foot in the place, it was with her beloved father.
Source: Clarin
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