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NOVEMBER’S £1 MILLION JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS

01 November 2006

One million other tax-free* prizes worth almost £83m also awarded

Number 1 A person living in Powys Bond number: 103XD732035 Bought in December 2005 Bond Value: £5,000 Total holdings: £20,010

Number 2 A young person living in the LB of Richmond upon Thames Bond number: 000VV045532 Bought in April 2004 Bond Value: £1,000 Total holdings: £9,000

In November’s draw ERNIE gave away over one million prizes worth almost £85 million.

Number and value of prizes awarded in November 2006

£1 million        2         
£100,000           8
£50,000            16
£25,000            31
£10,000            78
£5,000             157
£1,000             2,037
£500                6,111
£100                138,030
£50                  1,200,611

Prize value     Number of prizes
£ 84,866,050    £1,347,081

Premium Bond Facts

The Premium Bond prize fund rate is 3.15% tax-free*, equivalent to 5.25% for a higher rate taxpayer and 3.93% for a basic rate taxpayer.  The odds of winning are 24,000 to 1 and, with average luck, an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds could win 15 tax-free* prizes a year – more than one a month.

23 million people have more than £33 billion invested in Premium Bonds.

In next months draw there will be three extra jackpots as well as the usual two, to celebrate 50 years since the launch of Premium Bonds on 1 November 1956. 

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. Customers can pick up leaflets at over 700 Tesco stores.

Like all NS&I products, Premium Bonds offer investors 100% 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 144 million tax-free* prizes worth over £9 billion have been given away.  Prizes range from £50 to £1 million.

There is currently £30 million in unclaimed prizes.  There is no time limit on claiming prizes.  Premium Bond investors can check to see if they have won by logging on to www.nsandi.com and using the Premium Bond prize checker.

ENDS

Notes to Editors

1. The lucky jackpot winners become ERNIE’s 167th  and 168th Premium Bond millionaires

2. * All Premium Bond 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.

4. Next month there will be three extra jackpots as well as the usual two, giving customers five chances to win £1 million to celebrate 50 years since the launch of Premium Bonds on 1 November 1956.

5. Another five £1 million jackpots will be given away in the second anniversary draw in June 2007, celebrating the anniversary of the first draw on 1 June 1957.

6. Further information on National Savings and Investments (NS&I), including press releases and product information, is available on the website at www.nsandi.com. You can also contact the NS&I media team.

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Media team
NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.

The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.

Gareth Headon		020 7348 9494
		gareth.headon@nsandi.com
Gill Stephens		020 7348 9449
		gill.stephens@nsandi.com
Iman Asante		020 7348 9301
		iman.asante@nsandi.com
Monica Del-Villar		020 7348 9654
		monica.del-villar@nsandi.com
ISDN for interviews		020 7602 4522
Out of hours		All numbers above diverted to staffed mobile phones

 

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