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LUCKY SOMERSET RESIDENT TAKES THE MAY MILLION

01 May 2002

A lucky Premium Bond holder from Somerset has won the May £1 million prize with a winning bond of £2,000. The Bond was bought in July 1997. This makes them the second ever millionaire from Somerset since the introduction of the jackpot in 1994.

The winner becomes ERNIE'S 98^th millionaire. Their details are:-

£1 million winning Premium Bond number	70HK 444299
Location of winner	Somerset
Value of winning Bond	£2,000
Total value of Premium Bonds owned	£20,000
Date winning Bond bought	July 1997

The number and values of the prizes awarded in the March prize draw are:

Prize Value	Number of Prizes
£1 million	1      (2.40% prize fund rate)
£100,000	1
£50,000	4
£25,000	5
£10,000	14
£5,000	27
£1,000	1,021
£500	3,063
£100	2,665
£50	590,187
£34,028,350	596,988

Since the first draw in 1957 prizes worth £6.06 billion have been awarded in 93.98 million prizes.

Notes to Editors

1. Details of the individual 98 Premium Bond millionaires are:

Month	Winning Bond Number	Value of Holding	Location	Purchase Date	Value of Winning Bond
5.4.94	29JZ 644125	£10,000	Surrey	June 1993	£2,000
3.5.94	16GW 445024	£ 3,500	Wakefield	Feb 1994	£2,000
1.6.94	09CF 897929	£16,803	Surrey	Feb 1985	£2,000
1.7.94	19RB 530788	£904	Durham	Oct 1978	£500
1.8.94	23HP 692984	£10,000	County Antrim	Mar 1992	£2,000
1.9.94	32MS 784427	£5,025	Essex	July 1994	£5,000
3.10.94	18RL 790255	£1,751	L B of Lambeth	Sept 1978	£500
1.11.94	22BT 567204	£1,380	Walsall, W Mids	Aug 1987	£1,000
1.12.94	18WZ 712021	£15,850	Norfolk	May 1980	£200
3.1.95	02GT 145754	£1,560	Bury, Lancs	Mar 1986	£20
1.2.95	27HW 345065	£6,000	Edinburgh	June 1992	£2,000
1.3.95	31PN 035055	£476	Essex	Nov 1993	£50
3.4.95	12RW 174058	£2,000	L B of Camden	Dec 1977	£500
1.5.95	07HW 046920	£2,000	Kent	Oct 1990	£2,000
1.6.95	42KP 837454	£9,600	Surrey	Mar 1995	£2,000
3.7.95	25FP 064536	£1,000	Avon	Nov 1992	£1,000
1.8.95	15MK 302061	£20,000	Salisbury	May 1994	£5,000
1.9.95	10FL 775857	£6,150	Dyfed	Nov 1989	£1,000
2.10.95	36RL 314975	£500	Gloucestershire	Dec 1994	£500
1.11.95	42CZ 621843	£19,500	Surrey	Sept 1995	£2,000
1.12.95	40AW 367837	£1,026	Gloucestershire	Oct 1995	£1,000
2.1.96	15EL 275270	£2,400	Devon	Feb 1994	£1,000
1.2.96	34LS 818724	£5,000	County Antrim	Oct 1994	£5,000
1.3.96	31TS 045531	£14,080	Lincolnshire	Feb 1988	£500
1.4.96	12NB 293042	£20,000	Surrey	Feb 1994	£5,000
1.5.96	46FP 526855	£15,000	L B of Brent	Jan 1996	£5,000
3.6.96	28QK 297746	£20,000	Hertfordshire	Feb 1994	£5,000
1.7.96	35FW 480022	£4,555	Buckinghamshire	Dec 1993	£1,000
1.8.96	29WZ 261672	£19,190	Clwyd	Dec 1990	£200
2.9.96	24PS 576510	£11,950	Essex	Jan 1988	£50
1.10.96	33BW 164104	£20,000	Gwent	May 1989	£1,000
1.11.96	15CS 756886	£10,000	Surrey	Mar 1986	£2,000
2.12.96	58QN 953083	£9,000	Devon	Apr 1996	£5,000
2.1.97	26PB 176238	£6,000	South Yorkshire	Nov 1988	£50
3.2.97	58LK 760333	£15,000	L B of Brent	Sep 1996	£5,000
3.3.97	50HK 332951	£10,100	Surrey	Jan 1997	£2,000
1.4.97	67MZ 837234	£19,956	Strathclyde	Aug 1996	£5,000
2.5.97	14GW 579441	£8,850	Hampshire	Dec 1993	£2,000
3.6.97	52NW 658190	£20,000	Surrey	May 1996	£5,000
1.7.97	69GK 540100	£9,750	North Yorkshire	Sep 1996	£2,000
1.8.97	43PF 266021	£800	Lancashire	Jun 1997	£50
1.9.97	63FN 978643	£20,000	Surrey	Mar 1996	£5,000
1.10.97	41DT 699322	£20,000	West Sussex	Dec 1995	£5,000
3.11.97	22KF 362485	£1,379	Staffordshire	Aug 1987	£10
1.12.97	60DK 260378	£20,000	City of Westminster	Jun 1997	£5,000
2.1.98	24VS 672369	£710	West Midlands	Dec 1981	£100
2.2.98	11SL 666592	£1,550	L B of Lambeth	Jul 1983	£100
2.3.98	45FZ 106814	£20,000	Dorset	Jan 1996	£5,000
1.4.98	68EF 770263	£17,000	Somerset	Jun 1997	£1,000
1.5.98	90EP 929215	£13,000	Kent	Jan 1998	£1,000
1.6.98	53ES 933506	£7,000	West Midlands	Nov 1996	£1,000
1.7.98	32NP 170952	£14,000	Greater Manchester	May 1994	£5,000
3.8.98	39RS 497115	£2,581	South Yorkshire	April 1995	£500
1.9.98	27BP 316595	£14,855	Lancashire	April 1988	£1,000
1.10.98	59GN 507029	£9,200	LB of Camden	June 1996	£2,000
2.11.98	91NK 645953	£20,000	Kent	June 1998	£5,000
1.12.98	58JF 094924	£10,050	LB of Waltham Forest	Oct 1997	£5,000
4.1.99	74BW 260906	£19,991	Kent	April 1997	£5,000
1.2.99	30YN 427581	£20,000	Tyne and Wear	May 1997	£400
1.3.99	76CK 562472	£8,991	Lancashire	July 1998	£2,000
1.4.99	82SS 142886	£19,050	Cheshire	Sept 1998	£5,000
4.5.99	86NF 716947	£10,140	Lincolnshire	June 1998	£5,000
1.6.99	94QB 408212	£15,000	Devon	Aug 1998	£5,000
1.7.99	36ZT 020364	£20,000	Yorkshire	June 1995	£5,000
2.8.99	89FT 619645	£6,450	Suffolk	Jan 1998	£5,000
1.9.99	86WK 910544	£20,000	LB of Merton	Feb 1999	£5,000
1.10.99	77AF 437995	£6,650	Derbyshire	June 1998	£1,000
1.11.99	78SP 023392	£20,000	Essex	Sept 1998	£5,000
1.12.99	70BB 194111	£5,000	Leicestershire	April 1997	£5,000
1.1.00	71DN 369035	£20,000	Suffolk	July 1997	£5,000
1.2.00	37TP 936797	£20,000	LB of Ealing	Aug 1995	£5,000
1.3.00	74ZS 663388	£20,000	West Yorkshire	Dec 1998	£5,000
3.4.00	72WP 861113	£5,060	Surrey	Feb 1999	£5,000
2.5.00	71NB 961055	£19,992	Buckinghamshire	May 1996	£5,000
1.6.00	52FP 688530	£10,000	Nottinghamshire	Feb 1996	£5,000
3.7.00	35XK 784916	£20,000	Essex	Jan 1998	£300
1.8.00	74YW 511769	£10,205	Lancashire	July 1999	£5000
1.9.00	38TK 154799	£12,564	Cardiff	Aug 1995	£5,000
2.10.00	29SS 163726	£4,102	Nottinghamshire	April 1992	£100
1.11.00	86KT 537542	£6,350	Suffolk	Aug 1999	£2,000
1.12.00	13FL 795215	£17,758	Wiltshire	July 1990	£1,000
2.1.01	21AL 727385	£8,000	Carmarthenshire	Aug 1982	£1,000
1.2.01	82HE 381134	£11,251	LB of Lewisham	Nov 2000	£5,000
1.3.01	40BH 959983	£1,300	Surrey	Oct 2000	£1,000
2.4.01	90SK 336907	£20,000	Merseyside	Sept 1988	£5,000
1.5.01	51KF 455198	£18,001	Lincolnshire	Jan 1999	£2,000
1.6.01	14CA 698532	£20,000	GT Manchester	Jan 2000	£2,000
2.7.01	96RT 110703	£4,035	Tyne & Wear	Oct 1999	£500
1.8.01	73MZ 039501	£18,010	Kent	Apr 1998	£5,000
3.9.01	26JA 141776	£20,000	Warwickshire	Jan 2001	£5,000
1.10.01	57WL 677166	£7,197	Hertfordshire	May 2000	£200
1.11.01	94KN 315374	£8,662	Cornwall	Oct 1999	£2,000
3.12.01	98JZ  764029	£20,000	Merseyside	Dec 1997	£5,000
2.1.02	95WW 970803	£10,000	West Yorkshire	Mar 1999	£5,000
1.2.02	54NT 772226	£14,350	Overseas	May 1996	£5,000
1.3.02	70NA 176236	£8,500	Hampshire	Aug 2001	£5,000
2.4.02	47PN 423195	£10,350	L B of Hillingdon	April 1998	£50
1.5.02	70HK 444299	£2,000	Somerset	July 1997	£2,000

2. WINNERS' IDENTITIES AND PRECISE LOCATIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. THE ONLY DETAILS WE CAN RELEASE ARE GIVEN IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.

National Savings and Investments Press Release 28/02 : 1 May 2002

LUCKY SOMERSET RESIDENT TAKES THE MAY MILLION

A lucky Premium Bond holder from Somerset has won the May £1 million prize with a winning bond of £2,000. The Bond was bought in July 1997. This makes them the second ever millionaire from Somerset since the introduction of the jackpot in 1994.

The winner becomes ERNIE'S 98^th millionaire. Their details are:-

£1 million winning Premium Bond number	70HK 444299
Location of winner	Somerset
Value of winning Bond	£2,000
Total value of Premium Bonds owned	£20,000
Date winning Bond bought	July 1997

The number and values of the prizes awarded in the March prize draw are:

Prize Value	Number of Prizes
£1 million	1      (2.40% prize fund rate)
£100,000	1
£50,000	4
£25,000	5
£10,000	14
£5,000	27
£1,000	1,021
£500	3,063
£100	2,665
£50	590,187
£34,028,350	596,988

Since the first draw in 1957 prizes worth £6.06 billion have been awarded in 93.98 million prizes.

Notes to Editors

1. Details of the individual 98 Premium Bond millionaires are:

Month	Winning Bond Number	Value of Holding	Location	Purchase Date	Value of Winning Bond
5.4.94	29JZ 644125	£10,000	Surrey	June 1993	£2,000
3.5.94	16GW 445024	£ 3,500	Wakefield	Feb 1994	£2,000
1.6.94	09CF 897929	£16,803	Surrey	Feb 1985	£2,000
1.7.94	19RB 530788	£904	Durham	Oct 1978	£500
1.8.94	23HP 692984	£10,000	County Antrim	Mar 1992	£2,000
1.9.94	32MS 784427	£5,025	Essex	July 1994	£5,000
3.10.94	18RL 790255	£1,751	L B of Lambeth	Sept 1978	£500
1.11.94	22BT 567204	£1,380	Walsall, W Mids	Aug 1987	£1,000
1.12.94	18WZ 712021	£15,850	Norfolk	May 1980	£200
3.1.95	02GT 145754	£1,560	Bury, Lancs	Mar 1986	£20
1.2.95	27HW 345065	£6,000	Edinburgh	June 1992	£2,000
1.3.95	31PN 035055	£476	Essex	Nov 1993	£50
3.4.95	12RW 174058	£2,000	L B of Camden	Dec 1977	£500
1.5.95	07HW 046920	£2,000	Kent	Oct 1990	£2,000
1.6.95	42KP 837454	£9,600	Surrey	Mar 1995	£2,000
3.7.95	25FP 064536	£1,000	Avon	Nov 1992	£1,000
1.8.95	15MK 302061	£20,000	Salisbury	May 1994	£5,000
1.9.95	10FL 775857	£6,150	Dyfed	Nov 1989	£1,000
2.10.95	36RL 314975	£500	Gloucestershire	Dec 1994	£500
1.11.95	42CZ 621843	£19,500	Surrey	Sept 1995	£2,000
1.12.95	40AW 367837	£1,026	Gloucestershire	Oct 1995	£1,000
2.1.96	15EL 275270	£2,400	Devon	Feb 1994	£1,000
1.2.96	34LS 818724	£5,000	County Antrim	Oct 1994	£5,000
1.3.96	31TS 045531	£14,080	Lincolnshire	Feb 1988	£500
1.4.96	12NB 293042	£20,000	Surrey	Feb 1994	£5,000
1.5.96	46FP 526855	£15,000	L B of Brent	Jan 1996	£5,000
3.6.96	28QK 297746	£20,000	Hertfordshire	Feb 1994	£5,000
1.7.96	35FW 480022	£4,555	Buckinghamshire	Dec 1993	£1,000
1.8.96	29WZ 261672	£19,190	Clwyd	Dec 1990	£200
2.9.96	24PS 576510	£11,950	Essex	Jan 1988	£50
1.10.96	33BW 164104	£20,000	Gwent	May 1989	£1,000
1.11.96	15CS 756886	£10,000	Surrey	Mar 1986	£2,000
2.12.96	58QN 953083	£9,000	Devon	Apr 1996	£5,000
2.1.97	26PB 176238	£6,000	South Yorkshire	Nov 1988	£50
3.2.97	58LK 760333	£15,000	L B of Brent	Sep 1996	£5,000
3.3.97	50HK 332951	£10,100	Surrey	Jan 1997	£2,000
1.4.97	67MZ 837234	£19,956	Strathclyde	Aug 1996	£5,000
2.5.97	14GW 579441	£8,850	Hampshire	Dec 1993	£2,000
3.6.97	52NW 658190	£20,000	Surrey	May 1996	£5,000
1.7.97	69GK 540100	£9,750	North Yorkshire	Sep 1996	£2,000
1.8.97	43PF 266021	£800	Lancashire	Jun 1997	£50
1.9.97	63FN 978643	£20,000	Surrey	Mar 1996	£5,000
1.10.97	41DT 699322	£20,000	West Sussex	Dec 1995	£5,000
3.11.97	22KF 362485	£1,379	Staffordshire	Aug 1987	£10
1.12.97	60DK 260378	£20,000	City of Westminster	Jun 1997	£5,000
2.1.98	24VS 672369	£710	West Midlands	Dec 1981	£100
2.2.98	11SL 666592	£1,550	L B of Lambeth	Jul 1983	£100
2.3.98	45FZ 106814	£20,000	Dorset	Jan 1996	£5,000
1.4.98	68EF 770263	£17,000	Somerset	Jun 1997	£1,000
1.5.98	90EP 929215	£13,000	Kent	Jan 1998	£1,000
1.6.98	53ES 933506	£7,000	West Midlands	Nov 1996	£1,000
1.7.98	32NP 170952	£14,000	Greater Manchester	May 1994	£5,000
3.8.98	39RS 497115	£2,581	South Yorkshire	April 1995	£500
1.9.98	27BP 316595	£14,855	Lancashire	April 1988	£1,000
1.10.98	59GN 507029	£9,200	LB of Camden	June 1996	£2,000
2.11.98	91NK 645953	£20,000	Kent	June 1998	£5,000
1.12.98	58JF 094924	£10,050	LB of Waltham Forest	Oct 1997	£5,000
4.1.99	74BW 260906	£19,991	Kent	April 1997	£5,000
1.2.99	30YN 427581	£20,000	Tyne and Wear	May 1997	£400
1.3.99	76CK 562472	£8,991	Lancashire	July 1998	£2,000
1.4.99	82SS 142886	£19,050	Cheshire	Sept 1998	£5,000
4.5.99	86NF 716947	£10,140	Lincolnshire	June 1998	£5,000
1.6.99	94QB 408212	£15,000	Devon	Aug 1998	£5,000
1.7.99	36ZT 020364	£20,000	Yorkshire	June 1995	£5,000
2.8.99	89FT 619645	£6,450	Suffolk	Jan 1998	£5,000
1.9.99	86WK 910544	£20,000	LB of Merton	Feb 1999	£5,000
1.10.99	77AF 437995	£6,650	Derbyshire	June 1998	£1,000
1.11.99	78SP 023392	£20,000	Essex	Sept 1998	£5,000
1.12.99	70BB 194111	£5,000	Leicestershire	April 1997	£5,000
1.1.00	71DN 369035	£20,000	Suffolk	July 1997	£5,000
1.2.00	37TP 936797	£20,000	LB of Ealing	Aug 1995	£5,000
1.3.00	74ZS 663388	£20,000	West Yorkshire	Dec 1998	£5,000
3.4.00	72WP 861113	£5,060	Surrey	Feb 1999	£5,000
2.5.00	71NB 961055	£19,992	Buckinghamshire	May 1996	£5,000
1.6.00	52FP 688530	£10,000	Nottinghamshire	Feb 1996	£5,000
3.7.00	35XK 784916	£20,000	Essex	Jan 1998	£300
1.8.00	74YW 511769	£10,205	Lancashire	July 1999	£5000
1.9.00	38TK 154799	£12,564	Cardiff	Aug 1995	£5,000
2.10.00	29SS 163726	£4,102	Nottinghamshire	April 1992	£100
1.11.00	86KT 537542	£6,350	Suffolk	Aug 1999	£2,000
1.12.00	13FL 795215	£17,758	Wiltshire	July 1990	£1,000
2.1.01	21AL 727385	£8,000	Carmarthenshire	Aug 1982	£1,000
1.2.01	82HE 381134	£11,251	LB of Lewisham	Nov 2000	£5,000
1.3.01	40BH 959983	£1,300	Surrey	Oct 2000	£1,000
2.4.01	90SK 336907	£20,000	Merseyside	Sept 1988	£5,000
1.5.01	51KF 455198	£18,001	Lincolnshire	Jan 1999	£2,000
1.6.01	14CA 698532	£20,000	GT Manchester	Jan 2000	£2,000
2.7.01	96RT 110703	£4,035	Tyne & Wear	Oct 1999	£500
1.8.01	73MZ 039501	£18,010	Kent	Apr 1998	£5,000
3.9.01	26JA 141776	£20,000	Warwickshire	Jan 2001	£5,000
1.10.01	57WL 677166	£7,197	Hertfordshire	May 2000	£200
1.11.01	94KN 315374	£8,662	Cornwall	Oct 1999	£2,000
3.12.01	98JZ  764029	£20,000	Merseyside	Dec 1997	£5,000
2.1.02	95WW 970803	£10,000	West Yorkshire	Mar 1999	£5,000
1.2.02	54NT 772226	£14,350	Overseas	May 1996	£5,000
1.3.02	70NA 176236	£8,500	Hampshire	Aug 2001	£5,000
2.4.02	47PN 423195	£10,350	L B of Hillingdon	April 1998	£50
1.5.02	70HK 444299	£2,000	Somerset	July 1997	£2,000

2. WINNERS' IDENTITIES AND PRECISE LOCATIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. THE ONLY DETAILS WE CAN RELEASE ARE GIVEN IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.

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