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FEBRUARY’S £1 MILLION JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS
01 February 2007
Highest ever prize fund, nearly one and a half million tax-free* prizes worth over £100m awarded
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Number 1
A man living in Glasgow
Bond number: 102CX425343
Bought in Oct 2005
Bond value: £5,000
Total holdings: £13,800 |
Number 2
A man living in Hampshire
Bond number: 117BR091273
Bought in October 2006
Bond value: £5,000
Total holdings: £30,000 |
Celebrating Premium Bond holders
The winner from Glasgow, who is keeping his identity a closely-guarded secret, exclaimed: “I’ve slowly been increasing my stake in Premium Bonds, we have won many £50 prizes over the years and we will now be topping up our investments in Premium Bonds to the maximum amount! We’re really very excited at the prospect of spending some of this money, it will make treating the children and grandchildren that much easier!
The winner from Hampshire has also chosen to remain anonymous. “I’ve kept faith that I would win the jackpot one day, I increased my holding just before Christmas by £23,000, in time for the special jackpot draw, and it was one of these bonds that won me the million pound prize! It will be very strange leading a normal life after this win but booking a holiday will be my first priority.”
Regional facts
In Glasgow, more than 280,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £260 million. There are 6,162 unclaimed prizes in the area, worth £352,100. This is the fourth time a jackpot winner has emerged in Glasgow.
This is Hampshire’s seventh £1 million Premium Bond jackpot winner since the top prize was introduced in 1994. In Hampshire, more than 780,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £1.3 billion. There are 10,840 unclaimed prizes in the county, worth £620,775.
In February’s draw ERNIE gave away almost 1.5 million prizes worth more than £103 million.
Number and value of prizes awarded in February 2007
£1 million 2
£100,000 17
£50,000 33
£25,000 66
£10,000 166
£5,000 333
£1,000 4,128
£500 12,384
£100 235,117
£50 1,181,587
Prize value Number of prizes
£103,236,050 1,433,833
Premium Bond Facts
The Premium Bond prize fund rate is 3.60% tax-free*, equivalent to 6.00% for a higher rate taxpayer and 4.50% 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 can expect to win 15 tax-free* prizes a year – more than one a month.
23 million people have more than £34 billion invested in Premium Bonds.
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 148.3 million tax-free* prizes worth £9.4 billion have been given away. Prizes range from £50 to £1 million.
There is currently £28 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 176th and 177th 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.
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