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TWO BONDS SAVE THE NATION AND CLASSIC BRITS JAMES BOND AND PREMIUM BONDS SHARE BIRTHDAY THIS NOVEMBER
01 November 2002
For 40 years, secret agent James Bond has been saving the nation from evil baddies like Blofeld, Jaws and Scaramanga, but there's another reliable, quintessentially British Bond who has been helping to look after the nation for even longer than 007.
But who is this hero? It is, of course, Bond... Mr Premium Bond, ERNIE, who, from his secret Blackpool hideaway, has given away billions of pounds in tax-free prizes and created more than 100 millionaires - the lucky winners of the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) Premium Bond monthly jackpot.
ERNIE and Premium Bonds were launched more than 40 years ago in November 1956, with the first prize draw taking place in June 1957. The first jackpot was £1,000; it grew in stages to reach £1 million in April 1994.
Each month Agent Million starts the draw. In just six hours, out of the 17 billion bonds eligible for the draw, ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) picks the 600,000 bond numbers that have won prizes ranging from £50 to £1 million. James Bond's "Q" would be amazed.
And this month, another lucky person has become a Premium Bond millionaire - the 104th, to date.
Of the 23 million people who own Premium Bonds, a total investment worth £17 billion, over 300,000 people have the maximum holding of £20,000 and the amount invested in Premium Bonds has quadrupled since 1994.
Yet, surprisingly, there remains more than 364,000 unclaimed prizes worth £21.6 million - but there is no time limit for people to claim their prizes.
NS&I has recently launched a online search tool where Premium Bond holders can log on to NS&I's new website at www.nsandi.com and, using their Premium Bond holder number, check to see if they have won a prize in the last six months or if any prizes remain unclaimed.
Customers can also use a free tracing service by writing to National Savings and Investments, FREEPOST BJ2092, Blackpool, FY3 9XR.
ENDS
Notes to Editors
- The £1 million jackpot-winning November Premium Bond was bought in January 1999. This makes them the second Premium Bonds millionaire from the London Borough of Camden since the introduction of the jackpot in 1994.
- The winner becomes ERNIE'S 104th millionaire. The details are:
| £1 million winning Premium Bond number | 96ZT021278 |
| Location of winner | London Borough of Camden |
| Value of winning Bond | £5,000 |
| Total value of Premium Bonds owned | £20,000 |
| Date winning Bond bought | January 1999 |
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The number and values of the prizes awarded in the November prize draw are:
| Prize Value | Number of Prizes |
| £1 million | 1 (2.40% prize fund rate) |
| £100,000 | 2 |
| £50,000 | 2 |
| £25,000 | 6 |
| £10,000 | 17 |
| £5,000 | 30 |
| £1,000 | 1,061 |
| £500 | 3,183 |
| £100 | 2,755 |
| £50 | 613,675 |
| £35,381,750 | 620,732 |
Since the first draw in June 1957, 97.63 million prizes worth £6.27 billion have been awarded.
- National Savings and Investments Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winner facts:
- The smallest bond which won the £1 million jackpot was £10 which won in November 1997
- The longest held bonds to win the £1 million were purchased in December 1977 and won the jackpot in April 1995.
- In June 2002, National Savings and Investments conducted a survey to find out what people would do if they won £1 million. Conducted via phone bus survey by Taylor Nelson Sofres between 14 and 16 June 2002, the sample size was 1006 adults, and the results are shown below.
Results of survey by sex
| What would you do if you won £1 million | Overall (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) |
|---|
| Invest it | 17 | 21 | 13 |
| Go on a cruise/ luxury holiday | 15 | 12 | 17 |
| Move home | 14 | 12 | 16 |
| Give some to relatives/family | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| Pay off loans/mortgage | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Buy the car of your dreams | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Donate some to charity | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Buy a second home | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Take retirement | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Put it in the bank | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Move abroad/emigrate | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Spend it | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Buy a boat/yacht | 1 | 1 | - |
| Other | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Don't know | 5 | 6 | 4 |
- Winners' identities and precise locations are confidential. The only details we can release are given in this press release.
- Further information on National Savings and Investments is available on National Savings and Investments' website at www.nsandi.com.
- Case Studies and photography are available on request.
- Media Information
| Mark Brooks | 020 7348 9301 | mark.brooks@nsandi.com |
| Jonathan Akerman | 020 7348 9433 | jonathan.akerman@nsandi.com |
| Samantha Bennett | 020 7348 9654 | samantha.bennett@nsandi.com |
| Fax | 020 7348 9755 | |
| Out of hours | 07778 966387 | |
- Details of the individual 104 Premium Bond millionaires:
| Month of draw | Winning Bond Number | Value of Holding | Location | PurchaseDate | Value of Winning Bond |
|---|
| 5. 4.94 | 29JZ 644125 | £10,000 | Surrey | June '93 | £2,000 |
| 3. 5.94 | 16GW 445024 | £ 3,500 | West Yorkshire | Feb '94 | £2,000 |
| 1. 6.94 | 09CF 897929 | £16,803 | Surrey | Feb '85 | £2,000 |
| 1. 7.94 | 19RB 530788 | £904 | Durham | Oct '78 | £ 500 |
| 1. 8.94 | 23HP 692984 | £10,000 | Antrim | Mar '92 | £2,000 |
| 1. 9.94 | 32MS 784427 | £ 5,025 | Essex | July '94 | £5,000 |
| 3.10.94 | 18RL 790255 | £ 1,751 | L B of Lambeth | Sept '78 | £ 500 |
| 1.11.94 | 22BT 567204 | £ 1,380 | West Midlands | Aug '87 | £1,000 |
| 1.12.94 | 18WZ 712021 | £15,850 | Norfolk | May '80 | £ 200 |
| 3. 1.95 | 02GT 145754 | £ 1,560 | Lancashire | Mar '86 | £ 20 |
| 1. 2.95 | 27HW 345065 | £ 6,000 | Lothian | June '92 | £2,000 |
| 1. 3.95 | 31PN 035055 | £ 476 | Essex | Nov '93 | £ 50 |
| 3. 4.95 | 12RW 174058 | £ 2 ,000 | L B of Camden | Dec '77 | £ 500 |
| 1. 5.95 | 07 HW 046920 | £ 2,000 | Kent | Oct '90 | £2,000 |
| 1. 6.95 | 42KP 837454 | £ 9,600 | Surrey | Mar '95 | £2,000 |
| 3. 7.95 | 25FP 064536 | £ 1,000 | Avon | Nov '92 | £1,000 |
| 1. 8.95 | 15MK 302061 | £20,000 | Salisbury | May '94 | £5,000 |
| 1. 9.95 | 10FL 775857 | £ 6,150 | Dyfed | Nov '89 | £1,000 |
| 2.10.95 | 36RL 314975 | £ 500 | Gloucestershire | Dec '94 | £ 500 |
| 1.11.95 | 42CZ 621843 | £19,500 | Surrey | Sept '95 | £2,000 |
| 1.12.95 | 40AW 367837 | £ 1,026 | Gloucestershire | Oct '95 | £1,000 |
| 2. 1.96 | 15EL 275270 | £ 2,400 | Devon | Feb '94 | £1,000 |
| 1. 2.96 | 34LS 818724 | £ 5,000 | County Antrim | Oct '94 | £5,000 |
| 1. 3.96 | 31TS 045531 | £14,080 | Lincolnshire | Feb '88 | £ 500 |
| 1. 4.96 | 12NB 293042 | £20,000 | Surrey | Feb '94 | £5,000 |
| 1. 5.96 | 46FP 526855 | £15,000 | L B of Brent | Jan '96 | £5,000 |
| 3. 6.96 | 28QK 297746 | £20,000 | Hertfordshire | Feb '94 | £5,000 |
| 1. 7.96 | 35FW 480022 | £ 4,555 | Buckinghamshire | Dec '93 | £1,000 |
| 1. 8.96 | 29WZ 261672 | £19,190 | Clwyd | Dec '90 | £ 200 |
| 2.9.96 1.10.96 | 24PS 576510 | £11,950 | Essex | Jan '88 | £ 50 |
| 1.11.96 | 33BW 164104 | £20,000 | Gwent | May '89 | £1,000 |
| 2.12.96 | 15CS 756886 | £10,000 | Surrey | Mar '86 | £2,000 |
| 2. 1.97 | 58QN 953083 | £ 9,000 | Devon | Apr '96 | £5,000 |
| 3. 2.97 | 26PB 176238 | £ 6,000 | South Yorkshire | Nov '88 | £ 50 |
| 3. 3.97 | 58LK 760333 | £15,000 | LB of Brent | Sep '96 | £5,000 |
| 1. 4.97 | 50HK 332951 | £10,100 | Surrey | Jan '97 | £2,000 |
| 2. 5.97 | 67MZ 837234 | £19,956 | Strathclyde | Aug '96 | £5,000 |
| 3. 6.97 | 14GW 579441 | £ 8,850 | Hampshire | Dec '93 | £2,000 |
| 1. 7.97 | 52 NW 658190 | £20,000 | Surrey | May '96 | £5,000 |
| 1. 8.97 | 69GK 540100 | £ 9,750 | North Yorkshire | Sept '96 | £2,000 |
| 1. 9.97 | 43PF 266021 | £800 | Lancashire | June '97 | £ 50 |
| 1.10.97 | 63FN 978643 | £20,000 | Surrey | Mar '96 | £5,000 |
| 3.11.97 | 41DT 699322 | £20,000 | West Sussex | Dec '95 | £5,000 |
| 1.12.97 | 22KF 362485 | £ 1,379 | Staffordshire | Aug '87 | £ 10 |
| 2.1.98 | 60DK 260378 | £20,000 | City of Westminster | June '97 | £5,000 |
| 2.2.98 | 24VS 672 369 | £710 | West Midlands | Dec '81 | £100 |
| 2.3.98 | 11SL 666 592 | £1,550 | LB of Lambeth | July '83 | £100 |
| 1.4.98 | 45FZ 106 814 | £20,000 | Dorset | Jan '96 | £5,000 |
| 1.5.98 | 68EF 770 263 | £17,000 | Somerset | June '97 | £1,000 |
| | 90EP 929215 | £13,000 | Kent | Jan '98 | £1,000 |
| 1.6.98 | 53ES 933506 | £7,000 | West Midlands | Nov '96 | £1,000 |
| 1.7.98 | 32NP 170952 | £14,000 | GT Manchester | May '94 | £5,000 |
| 3.8.98 | 39RS 497115 | £2,581 | South Yorkshire | April '95 | £500 |
| 1.9.98 | 27BP 316595 | £14,855 | Lancashire | April '88 | £1,000 |
| 1.10.98 | 59GN 507029 | £9,200 | LB of Camden | June '96 | £2,000 |
| 2.11.98 | 91NK 645953 | £20,000 | Kent | June '98 | £5,000 |
| 1.12.98 | 58JF 094924 | £10,050 | LB of Waltham Forest | Oct '97 | £5,000 |
| 4.1.99 | 74BW 260906 | £19,991 | Kent | April '97 | £5,000 |
| 1.2.99 | 30YN 427581 | £20,000 | Tyne & Wear | May '97 | £400 |
| 1.3.99 | 76CK 562472 | £8,991 | Lancashire | July '98 | £2,000 |
| 1.4.99 | 82SS 142886 | £19,050 | Cheshire | Sept '98 | £5,000 |
| 4.5.99 | 86NF 716947 | £10,140 | Lincolnshire | June '98 | £5,000 |
| 1.6.99 | 94QB 408212 | £15,000 | Devon | Aug '98 | £5,000 |
| 1.7.99 | 36ZT 020364 | £20,000 | Yorkshire | June '95 | £5,000 |
| 2.8.99 | 89FT 619645 | £6,450 | Suffolk | Jan '98 | £5,000 |
| 1.9.99 | 86WK 910544 | £20,000 | LB of Merton | Feb '99 | £5,000 |
| 1.10.99 | 77AF 437995 | £6,650 | Derbyshire | June '98 | £1,000 |
| 1.11.99 | 78SP 023392 | £20,000 | Essex | Sept '98 | £5,000 |
| 1.12.99 | 70BB 194111 | £5,000 | Leicestershire | April '97 | £5,000 |
| 1.1.00 | 71DN 369035 | £20,000 | Suffolk | July '97 | £5,000 |
| 1.2.00 | 37TP 936797 | £20,000 | LB of Ealing | Aug '95 | £5,000 |
| 1.3.00 | 74ZS 663388 | £20,000 | West Yorkshire | Dec '98 | £5,000 |
| 3.4.00 | 72WP 861113 | £5,060 | Surrey | Feb '99 | £5,000 |
| 2.5.00 | 71NB 961055 | £19,992 | Buckinghamshire | May '96 | £5,000 |
| 1.6.00 | 52FP 688530 | £10,000 | Nottinghamshire | Feb '96 | £5,000 |
| 3.7.00 | 35XK 784916 | £20,000 | Essex | Jan '98 | £300 |
| 1.8.00 | 74YW 511769 | £10,205 | Lancashire | July '99 | £5,000 |
| 1.9.00 | 38TK 154799 | £12,564 | Cardiff | Aug '95 | £5,000 |
| 2.10.00 | 29SS 163726 | £4,102 | Nottinghamshire | April '92 | £100 |
| 1.11.00 | 86KT 537542 | £6,350 | Suffolk | Aug '99 | £2,000 |
| 1.12.00 | 13FL 795215 | £17,758 | Wiltshire | July '90 | £1,000 |
| 2.01.01 | 21AL 727385 | £8,000 | Carmarthenshire | Aug '82 | £1,000 |
| 1.02.01 | 82HE 381134 | £11,251 | LB of Lewisham | Nov '00 | £5,000 |
| 1.03.01 | 40BH 959983 | £1,300 | Surrey | Oct '00 | £1,000 |
| 2.04.01 | 90SK 336907 | £20,000 | Merseyside | Sept '88 | £5,000 |
| 1.05.01 | 51KF 455198 | £18,001 | Lincolnshire | Jan '99 | £2,000 |
| 1.06.01 | 14CA 698532 | £20,000 | GT Manchester | Jan '00 | £2,000 |
| 2.07.01 | 96RT 110703 | £4,035 | Tyne & Wear | Oct '99 | £500 |
| 1.08.01 | 73MZ 039501 | £18,010 | Kent | Apr '98 | £5,000 |
| 3.09.01 | 26JA 141776 | £20,000 | Warwickshire | Jan '01 | £5,000 |
| 1.10.01 | 57WL 677166 | £7,197 | Hertfordshire | May '00 | £200 |
| 1.11.01 | 94KN 315374 | £8,662 | Cornwall | Oct '99 | £2,000 |
| 3.12.01 | 98JZ 764029 | £20,000 | Merseyside | Dec '97 | £5,000 |
| 2.01.02 | 95WW 970803 | £10,000 | West Yorkshire | Mar '99 | £5,000 |
| 1.02.02 | 54NT 772226 | £14,350 | Overseas | May '96 | £5,000 |
| 1.03.02 | 70NA 176236 | £8,500 | Hampshire | Aug '01 | £5,000 |
| 2.04.02 | 47PN 423195 | £10,350 | L B of Hillingdon | April '98 | £50 |
| 1.05.02 | 70HK 444299 | £20,000 | Somerset | July '97 | £2,000 |
| 1.06.02 | 86WN 405928 | £10,010 | Cheshire | March '99 | £5,000 |
| 1.07.02 | 39PE 264530 | £10,000 | East Sussex | October '01 | £5,000 |
| 1.08.02 | 88KB 083741 | £20,000 | Essex | Sept '99 | £2,000 |
| 2.09.02 | 98HG 642927 | £20,000 | Hertfordshire | Dec '00 | £5,000 |
| 1.10.02 | 14BA 393150 | £2,500 | Lancashire | April '00 | £1,000 |
| 1.11.02 | 96ZT 021278 | £20,000 | LB of Camden | Jan 99 | £5,000 |
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