East Kilbride grandad scoops huge £407k People's Postcode Lottery win

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Gerry Dragoonis, 65, couldn't believe it after banking a whopping £407,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery. The dad-of-two is planning to support his children and grandchildren with his winnings.

An East Kilbride grandad says he will support his family and may take a trip to Spain with his huge lottery winnings.

However, the builder and roofer - who runs a property maintenance firm with brothers Martin, 59, and Michael, 57 - said he is going straight back to work.READ MORE: Tragedy as man dies at Glasgow train station after suffering cardiac arrest "Even though I’ve won this, I’ll still have to go to work this afternoon. I’ve got scaffold up on a job just now for a roof repair. The customer is away on holiday and is expecting the job to be finished when they get back.

Gerry's postcode G75 0DH was the winner of Postcode Lottery’s weekly Millionaire Street prize on Saturday, March 9. The rest of the £1m pot was shared by players in the wider G75 0 area.He added: "I didn’t expect this. I thought it would be £200 or £250. I only got about two hours sleep last night thinking about it.

Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)

 

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