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JULY’S £1 MILLION PREMIUM BONDS JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS
02 July 2007
Nearly 1.5 million other tax-free* prizes worth over £111m also awarded
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Number 1
A man living in Glasgow
Bond number: 48VW018553
Bought in August 1997
Bond value: £100
Total holdings: £30,000 |
Number 2
A man living in West Yorkshire
Bond number: 116VM621504
Bought in October 2006
Bond value: £5,000
Total holdings: £30,000 |
Celebrating Premium Bonds holders
The winner from Glasgow – who has chosen to remain anonymous – said: “I've been investing in Bonds for a while. I've had a great run of prizes over the years, my luck couldn't get any better!"
The winner from West Yorkshire has also chosen to keep his identity a closely-guarded secret.
In Glasgow over 280,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £275 million. There are nearly 4,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £213,000. This is the fifth time the Premium Bonds jackpot has been won both in Glasgow and in West Yorkshire.
In the whole of Yorkshire, more than 1.5 million people own Premium Bonds worth over £1.8 billion. There are over 10,000 unclaimed prizes in West Yorkshire alone, worth over £600,000.
In July’s draw ERNIE paid out nearly 1.5 million prizes worth more than £113 million.
Value and number of prizes awarded in July 2007
£1 million 2
£100,000 30
£50,000 60
£25,000 120
£10,000 300
£5,000 601
£1,000 6,801
£500 20,403
£100 123,816
£50 1,339,495
Prize value Number of prizes
£113,363,850 1,491,628
Premium Bond Facts
The Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 3.80% tax-free. The odds of winning are 24,000 to 1 and, with average luck, an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds can expect to win 15 tax-free* prizes a year – more than one a month.
23 million people have more than £35 billion invested in Premium Bonds.
Premium Bonds can be bought online at www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 007 007, by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches.
Like all NS&I products, Premium Bonds offer investors 100% security, backed by HM Treasury, as well as the sense of fun that comes from winning tax-free* prizes.
Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957, over 155.62 million tax-free* prizes worth £9.9 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £50 to £1 million.
There is currently almost £29 million in unclaimed prizes. There is no time limit on claiming prizes. Premium Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by logging on to www.nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker.
ENDS
Notes to Editors
1. The lucky jackpot winners become ERNIE’s 189th and 190th Premium Bond millionaires
2. * All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK income Tax and Capital Gains tax.
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