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Press releaseMAY’S £1 MILLION JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS01 May 2008Over 1.6 million tax-free prizes worth a total of over £102 million awarded
The winner from Kent, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated “I’ve kept faith that I would win the jackpot one day and receive a visit from Agent Million. I am really very excited at the prospect of spending some of this money, it will make treating the children and grandchildren that much easier!” In Kent over 790,000 people own Premium Bonds, worth a total of just over £1.26 billion. There are also 12,135 unclaimed Premium Bond Prizes in Kent, worth a total value of over £700,000. It is the ninth time that someone in the county has won the Premium Bond jackpot prize. The winner from the Gwent also wishes to remain anonymous. In Gwent just under 224,000 people own Premium Bonds, worth in total over £259 million. There are also over 2,850 unclaimed Premium Bond Prizes in Gwent, worth a total value of over £166,000. This is the second time that someone in Gwent has won the jackpot. In May’s draw ERNIE paid out over 1.6 million prizes, together amounting to more than £102 million in value. There were 36,336,074,340 bond numbers in the draw.
Premium Bond Facts The current Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 3.40% tax-free2. The odds of each £1 bond number winning any prize are 22,000 to 1, with average luck, an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds could win 16 tax-free prizes a year. 23 million people have a total of £36 billion invested in Premium Bonds. Premium Bonds can be bought online at www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 007 0075, by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches, and brochures can be picked up in over 400 WHSmith 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 winning tax-free prizes. Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957 over 172 million tax–free prizes together worth over £11 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £50 to £1 million. There are currently over 500,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, which added together amount to over £30 million. There is no time limit on 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 1. The April jackpot winners from the Kent and Gwent both wish to remain anonymous.
Media team The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
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