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Then and now: 1957 - 2007
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1st June 1957 |
1st June 2007 |
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Top prize |
£1,000 |
£1 million |
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Total value of prizes |
£969,750 |
£118, 058,850 |
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Number of prizes |
23,142 |
1,494,415 |
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Number of bond holders |
6 million |
23.7 million |
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Number of bonds in the draw |
£49 million |
£35.4 billion |
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Odds of winning a prize |
2,095 -1 |
24,000-1 |
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Prize fund rate |
4.0% tax-free |
3.95% tax-free |
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Maximum investment |
£500 |
£30,000 |
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Minimum investment |
£1 |
£100 |
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Machine |
ERNIE 1 |
ERNIE 4 |
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Machine size/speed |
1.5 tonnes,
2,000 numbers per hour |
10kg
1 million numbers per hour |
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Time taken for draw if ERNIE 1 still running today |
29 hours (first draw) |
77 days |
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Ways to buy |
Post Office®, Post |
On-line, telephone, Post Office®, Post |
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Time before entered into draw |
Six months |
One month |
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Location |
Lytham St. Annes |
Blackpool |
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Average male weekly wage |
£12.58 |
£526.00 |
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Average female weekly wage |
£6.49 |
£320.00 |
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Pint of beer |
£0.07 |
£2.65 |
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Average house |
£2,021 |
£176,000 |
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Austin Healey Sprite (1957),/ Ford KA (2007) |
£669 |
£7,095 |
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