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Press releaseNEW MILLIONAIRE FROM SURREY IN JUNE’S JACKPOT DRAW01 June 2009
The winner, a gentleman from Surrey who wishes to remain anonymous, said of his win, "When Agent Million knocked on my door and told me that I'd won the jackpot I thought it was a practical joke! I'm still in shock but once the news sinks in I cannot wait to share the good fortune by treating my family to a lovely summer holiday." In Surrey, over 535,300 people hold Premium Bonds worth over £1.4 billion. There are over 13,500 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes in total worth over £796,000. This is the 13th time that the £1 million jackpot has been won in Surrey. In March, NS&I announced that from the April prize draw onwards, one of the two monthly £1 million Premium Bond jackpot prizes will be replaced by a wider mix of other prizes in the monthly draws. Similarly, a new £25 Premium Bonds prize has been introduced to the draws alongside the existing prizes (ranging from £50 to £1 million). These changes have been introduced because Premium Bond holders say that maintaining the chances of winning tax-free prizes on a regular basis is particularly important to them. In Junes draw ERNIE paid out over 1.1 million prizes, together amounting to more than £33 million in value. There were 40,520,994,477 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
Premium Bond facts The current Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 1.0% tax-free2. The current odds of each £1 Bond number winning any prize are 36,000 to 1, so with average luck, an investor with £30,000 in Premium Bonds could win 10 tax-free prizes a year. At the end of February 2009, over 23 million people had a total of over £40 billion invested in Premium Bonds. Premium Bonds can be bought online at www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 007 007 (see note 5), 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 190 million tax–free prizes worth over £12 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million. There are currently over 594,000 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, worth over £35 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 1. The June jackpot winner from Surrey wishes to remain anonymous.
Media team The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
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