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Press releaseNEW MILLIONAIRES FROM WARWICKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE IN JANUARY'S JACKPOT DRAW 02 January 2009
In Warwickshire over 195,000 people hold Premium Bonds worth over £355,000,000. There are 3,250 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes in total worth approximately £197,000. In Buckinghamshire over 295,000 people hold Premium Bonds worth approximately £687,000,000. There are 6,606 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, with a value of over £390,000. In January’s draw ERNIE paid out over 1 million prizes, together amounting to more than £58 million in value. There were 38,888,949,222 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
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Value of Prizes |
Number of Prizes |
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£1,000,000 |
2 |
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£ 100,000 |
1 |
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£ 50,000 |
1 |
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£25,000 |
2 |
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£10,000 |
7 |
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£5,000 |
13 |
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£1,000 |
232 |
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£ 500 |
696 |
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£100 |
29,070 |
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£50 |
1,050,169 |
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Total Prize Fund Value |
Total Number of Prizes |
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£58,330,451 |
1,080,193 |
Premium Bond facts
The current Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 1.8% tax-free2. The current odds of each £1 Bond number winning any prize are 36,000 to 1, so with average luck an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds could win 10 tax-free prizes a year. At the end of November 2008, about 23 million people have a total of about £39 billion invested in Premium Bonds.
Premium Bonds can be bought online at www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 007 007 (see note 5), by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches, and brochures can be picked up in WHSmith in 400 of its High Street stores and 155 of its travel stores.
Like all NS&I products, Premium Bonds offer investors 100% capital security, backed by HM Treasury, as well as the sense of fun that comes from potentially winning tax-free prizes.
Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957 over 184 million tax–free prizes worth £11.8 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £50 to £1 million.
There are currently over 560,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, worth over £33 million. There is no time limit for claiming prizes. Premium Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by visiting www.nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker.
ENDS
Notes to Editors
- The January jackpot winners from Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire both wish to remain anonymous.
- All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
- The lucky jackpot winners become ERNIE’s 225th and 226th Premium Bond millionaires.
- Pictures of ERNIE (including the new ERNIE 4 machine), Agent Million and people buying Premium Bonds are available in high-resolution jpeg format from the NS&I media team.
- Free phone number – calls from mobiles may be chargeable. Telephone calls may be recorded.
- Further information on NS&I (National Savings and Investments), including press releases and product information, is available on the website at www.nsandi.com. You can also contact the NS&I media team.
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Media team
NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.
The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
| Gareth Headon | 020 7348 9494 | |
| gareth.headon@nsandi.com | ||
| Gill Stephens | 020 7348 9449 | |
| gill.stephens@nsandi.com | ||
| Iman Asante | 020 7348 9301 | |
| iman.asante@nsandi.com | ||
| Monica Del-Villar | 020 7348 9654 | |
| monica.del-villar@nsandi.com | ||
ISDN for interviews |
020 7602 4522 |
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