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AUGUST’S £1 MILLION PREMIUM BONDS JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS

01 August 2007

Over 1.7 million other tax-free* prizes worth over £117m also awarded

Number 1 A lady living in Nottingham Bond number: 114TK698806 Winning Bond bought in September 2006 Total holdings: £29,991

Number 2 A man living overseas Bond number: 58TC875453 Winning Bond bought in April 2002 Total holdings: £20,000

Celebrating Premium Bonds holders

The winner from Nottingham who has chosen to remain anonymous said, “Most months I receive a nice letter from NS&I with a prize or two from my Premium Bonds, but this month has been a wonderful surprise! I think I’ll use some of the jackpot money to spoil my children.”

The winner from overseas has also chosen to keep his identity a closely-guarded secret.

In Nottingham nearly 400,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £495 million.  There are nearly 5,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £280,000.  This is the sixth time the Premium Bonds jackpot has been won both in Nottingham.  It is the second time that the jackpot has been won overseas.

In August’s draw ERNIE paid out over 1.7 million prizes worth more than £119 million.

Value and number of prizes awarded in August 2007

£1 million       2         
£100,000         20
£50,000           39
£25,000           80
£10,000           199
£5,000             397
£1,000             4,770
£500                14,310
£100                224,304
£50                  1,459,597

Prize value    Number of prizes
£119,260,250  1,703,718

Premium Bond Facts

The Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 4.00% tax-free.  The odds of winning any prize have improved, now 21,000 to 1, with average luck, an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds can expect to win 17 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% capital 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 157.32 million tax-free* prizes worth £10.1 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 191st and 192nd Premium Bond millionaires
2. * All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK income Tax and Capital Gains tax.
3.  Pictures of ERNIE (including the new ERNIE 4 machine), Agent Million and buying Premium Bonds online are available in high-resolution jpeg format from the NS&I media team.
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NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.

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Gill Stephens		020 7348 9449
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