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Scots Postcode Lottery tragedy as dad dies after suffering broken neck leaving heartbroken daughter to collect win

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A heartbroken Scots daughter is to collect her dad's share of the £7.9m Postcode Lottery jackpot today after he tragically died before finding out about his win.

Andrew Gillon tragically passed away during surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Glasgow on January 7. The 59-year-old had fallen down the stairs and broke his neck at a friend's house on New Years Day.He underwent an operation days later in a bid for doctors to take pressure off the break when he died unexpectedly.Andrew's daughter Lisa Thomas, 32, said the family have been left devastated by his sudden death and are still struggling to come to terms with what happened.

Lisa, from Hamilton, said she was shocked to find out Scottish Water employee Andrew had been sent one of the golden envelopes along with the rest of the players on his former street Shaw Crescent, Wishaw.

Despite no longer playing, 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 mum-of-three said she feels like she's been given one last gift from her dad.She told the Daily Record: "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."T

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