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Press release£4 SHROPSHIRE PREMIUM BOND NETS £10,000 PRIZE AFTER 37 YEARS16 January 2006The New Year is certainly off to a good start for the mystery lady in Shropshire who scooped a £10,000 Premium Bond prize in this month’s draw with just £4. Even more amazing, the winning £4 Bond, bought 37 years ago in June 1969, was the only Premium Bonds the lucky winner owned! The win represented a whopping return of 2,500 times the original investment. Over one million prizes worth approximately £73 million were drawn across the UK this month in the Premium Bond prize draw operated by National Savings and Investments. Sally Swait, Premium Bond manager at NS&I, said: “This remarkable win is testament that older Bonds of relatively small value do win prizes. In fact, many small value bonds win prizes in our monthly draws. Statistically of course, the more Bonds you own, the better the chance of winning a prize at our Premium Bond prize draws.” In Shropshire, more than 153,000 people hold Premium Bonds worth over £198 million. However, 1,608 prizes worth over £93,000 remain unclaimed. There is no time limit on claiming prizes. Customers who own Premium Bonds and think they may have any unclaimed prizes can use the Premium Bond prize checker on the NS&I website at www.nsandi.com – customers simply need to enter their Premium Bond holder’s number. Customers who have lost their Premium Bonds or do not know their holder’s number can use NS&I’s free tracing service. A brochure and form can be downloaded from the NS&I website or requested by calling NS&I on 0845 964 5000. ENDS Notes to Editors Premium Bonds were launched in 1956 and £29 billion is currently invested by more than 23 million people. Each month, NS&I runs a prize draw and awards over one million prizes. In the January 2006 draw, the total prize fund exceeded £73 million. The minimum investment is £100 and the maximum is £30,000 per person.
Media team The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
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