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Press releaseMARCH’S £1 MILLION PREMIUM BOND JACKPOT WINNING NUMBERS01 March 2007Nearly 1.5 million other tax-free* prizes worth over £101m also awarded
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Celebrating Premium Bonds holders
The winners from Birmingham and the West Midlands both wish to keep their identities under wrap.
In Birmingham, over 300,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £200 million. There are 6,684 unclaimed prizes in the city, worth over £387,000. This is the third time Birmingham has been the home of a Premium Bonds jackpot winner.
In the West Midlands, more than 770,000 people own Premium Bonds worth over £664 million. There are 14,527 unclaimed prizes in the area, worth over £849,500. This is the fourth time a jackpot winner has emerged in the West Midlands (excluding Birmingham).
In March’s draw ERNIE gave away nearly one and a half million prizes worth more than £103 million.
Value and number of prizes awarded in March 2007
£1 million 2
£100,000 17
£50,000 33
£25,000 67
£10,000 166
£5,000 335
£1,000 4,145
£500 12,435
£100 235,991
£50 1,185,994
Prize value Number of prizes
£103,621,300 1,439,185
Premium Bond Facts
The Premium Bonds 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.
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 149.75 million tax-free* prizes worth £9.5 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 Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by logging on to www.nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker.
ENDS
Notes to Editors
1. The lucky jackpot winners become ERNIE’s 178th and 179th Premium Bond millionaires
2. * All Premium Bonds 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. 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.
5. Subscribe to the NS&I RSS newsfeed. Simply copy and paste this link www.nsandi.com/mediacentre.xml into your RSS reader to receive regular news alerts from NS&I.
6. NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.
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 |
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