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Lottery winner who split £22m was found dead alone in Scottish flat

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Lottery winner who split £22m was found dead alone in Scottish flat

One of the UK’s biggest lottery winners was living alone in a modest flat when he died, it has been revealed.

Double-glazing salesman Paul Maddison shared a £22million jackpot with his friend within months of the 1994 National Lottery launch, reports the Daily Record.




It has now emerged that the millionaire, who bought a Scottish castle with his winnings, was living in a flat in Perthshire worth £165,000 when he died at the age of 73.

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And he ended up giving a huge slice of his fortune to the taxman after his death. Paul and pal Mark Gardiner hit the headlines in 1995 when they scooped a £22.6million jackpot.

Following the win, Paul moved more than 500 miles from Hastings in Sussex to Scotland, where he became increasingly reclusive.

Papers related to his will show Paul – who married four times – left his £3.8million fortune to Thelma Todd. She is the sister of his fourth wife, Evelyn, who died early last year. Todd lives near Paul’s Perthshire flat.

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