A DAD scooped a £7.9million lottery jackpot – but he tragically died before finding out he’d won the huge prize.
Andrew Gillion, 59, fell down the stairs and broke his neck at a friend’s house on New Years Eve.
He tragically died days later during an operation to take pressure off the break.
Andrew’s daughter Lisa Thomas, 32, had been grieving the sudden death with her family – when a golden envelope arrived at her dad’s house in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
He, along with everyone else on Shaw Crescent, Wishaw, had won a £7.9million Postcode Lottery jackpot.
The mum-of-three believes it is one last present from her dad, and will go collect the winnings in his honour.
Lisa told The Daily Record: “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’.”
Lisa remembers teasing her dad last Christmas because the first card he received for the holidays was from the Postcode Lottery.
She explained: “I was laughing at him for his first Christmas card being from them.
“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.”
Later today Lisa will find out exactly how much of the £7.9million jackpot her dad’s postcode has won.
She said: “About Saturday- I feel emotional thinking about it.
“Even if it’s the minimum £1k my dad would have been over the moon.
“It’s hard to say I’m excited as my biggest emotion about it is sadness that he’s not here to enjoy the excitement of the day with us, but we will be there thinking of him and thanking him.”