A Lanarkshire Grandad has been left 'stunned' after winning £407k in the Postcode Lottery.

Gerry Dragoonis, from East Kilbride, bagged £407,032 after 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 postcode sector. 

Glasgow Times:

The 65-year-old said: “I’m shocked. I don’t know what else I’ll do with it. I never thought I’d get this amount of money. 

"I thought it would be £200 or £250. I only got about two hours sleep last night thinking about it.

“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."

Glasgow Times:

Gerry broke the news to wife Christine, 65, who was at an appointment during the presentation.

Now the couple plan to help their son Marc, daughter Marie McLeod and four grandchildren - and treat themselves to a nice meal or a holiday. 

He said: “It will be nice to be able to help the family. Family comes first at the end of the day. As long as they’re ok and healthy.” 

“I don’t drink, but we’ll go out for a meal to celebrate. 

“We haven’t been on holiday for a number of years, maybe just a day here and there. We might go to Spain now.” 

Glasgow Times:

However, Gerry also plans to use the money for a cause close to his heart - budgies. 

Gerry said he will shell out on the breeding budgie – known as an outcross - to improve the quality of his 120-strong flock. 

He previously won the prestigious ‘best in show’ award for the second time at the last Scottish Budgerigar Society Area Show in 2022 , said: “I used to breed budgies years ago, but family commitments got in the road.  

“I got back into it about five years ago and I’ve maybe got about 120 birds at the moment. 

“I could buy a certain bird to enhance the ones I’ve got. Bring new blood into the shed to improve the quality of the birds.” 

Glasgow Times:

Because Gerry won, a charity in his area has benefitted from the Millionaire Street prize pot. 

East Kilbride-based Achieve More Scotland - which delivers free programmes to improve young people’s physical and mental health - has been awarded £50,000 from Postcode Community Trust. 

Paul Fletcher, CEO of Achieve More Scotland, said:  “Community support and action is at the heart of everything we do and the money we’ve received from vital funding raised by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery will go directly to helping disadvantaged young people throughout Glasgow.

“To be in a position where we can take the added financial and logistical stress of childcare away from hardworking parents is a responsibility we don’t take lightly.

“It’s a huge financial injection we’ve received today that will massively benefit young people and their parents.” 

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