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Press releaseNEW MILLIONAIRES FROM SURREY AND SCOTLAND IN OCTOBER’S JACKPOT DRAW01 October 2008
The gentleman from Scotland, who wishes to remain anonymous, said “I just can’t believe that this has happened to me! I only bought a small number of Premium Bonds, it just goes to show that it really could be anyone. I’m currently studying so this really will help me out, and will provide for a few good celebrations with my friends also.” In October’s draw ERNIE paid out over 1.6 million prizes, together amounting to more than £104 million in value. There were 36,905,393,763 eligible Bond numbers that could have won a prize.
Premium Bond facts The current Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 3.40% tax-free2. The current odds of each £1 Bond number winning any prize are 22,000 to 1, so with average luck an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds could win 16 tax-free prizes a year. Currently 23 million people have a total of £36 billion invested in Premium Bonds. Premium Bonds can be bought online at www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 007 0075, by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches, and brochures can be picked up in WHSmith in 400 of its High Street stores and 155 of its travel stores. Like all NS&I products, Premium Bonds offer investors 100% capital security, backed by HM Treasury, as well as the sense of fun that comes from potentially winning tax-free prizes. Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957 over 181 million tax–free prizes together worth £11.6 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £50 to £1 million. There are currently over 550,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, worth over £32 million. There is no time limit for claiming prizes. Premium Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by visiting www.nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker. ENDS Notes to Editors 1. The October jackpot winners from Surrey and Scotland both wish to remain anonymous. 2. All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax. 3. The lucky jackpot winners become ERNIE’s 219th and 220th Premium Bond millionaires. 4. 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. 5. Free phone number – calls from mobiles may be chargeable. Telephone calls may be recorded. 6. Further information on NS&I (National Savings and Investments), including press releases and product information, is available on the website at www.nsandi.com. You can also contact the NS&I media team. 7. 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. 8. NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced media team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.
Media team The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
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