New millionaire from Birmingham in December 2011's Premium Bonds draw
December’s Premium Bond millionaire
- A man living in Birmingham
- Bond Number: 84FX051740
- Winning Bond bought in October 2003
- Total holdings £30,000
December 2011 Premium Bonds prize draw breakdown
| Value of prizes | Number of prizes |
|---|---|
| £1,000,000 | 1 |
| £100,000 | 4 |
| £50,000 | 10 |
| £25,000 | 17 |
| £10,000 | 45 |
| £5,000 | 89 |
| £1,000 | 1,072 |
| £500 | 3,216 |
| £100 | 31,544 |
| £50 | 31,544 |
| £25 | 1,721,067 |
| Total prize fund value £53,658,250 |
Total number of prizes 1,788,609 |
In Birmingham there are 263,876 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £344 million.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes
In Birmingham In total there are over 766,000 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £41 million. In Birmingham, over 10,000 prizes worth more than £548,000 still remain unclaimed. There is a man from the region who is still due to receive £1,000 after failing to claim his prize in a previous draw.
He has only £28 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in August 1985. There are a number of other unclaimed prizes due to the residents of the region, the oldest of these outstanding prizes having been drawn in December 1962. NS&I has tried to trace these winners, but so far without success.
Some of the top unclaimed prizes in Birmingham
| Winning Bond number | Gender | Month and Year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1EZ433692 | Female | Mar-75 | £5 | £1,000 |
| 1BB014318 | Male | Aug-85 | £28 | £1,000 |
| 11EN549740 | Male | Apr-86 | £30 | £1,000 |
| 3DW210318 | Female | Jan-87 | £1 | £1,000 |
| 4DW694444 | Male | Apr-87 | £5 | £1,000 |
Some of the oldest unclaimed prizes in Birmingham
| Winning Bond number | Gender | Month and Year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2ET094294 | Male | Dec-62 | £10 | £25 |
| BP223103 | Male | Sep-64 | £2 | £25 |
| 1EP951162 | Male | Jan-65 | £5 | £25 |
| BW500346 | Male | Oct-65 | £4 | £25 |
| 1AP413029 | Male | Nov-65 | £1 | £25 |
There is no time limit for claiming prizes.
Premium Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by visiting nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker on the homepage.
December’s prize fund rate and odds
The Premium Bonds prize fund rate is currently 1.5% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning a prize are 24,000 to 1. With these odds a Premium Bonds holder with the maximum amount invested (£30,000) and with average luck could win 15 prizes each year.
Premium Bond facts
Premium Bonds are an investment where, instead of interest payments, investors have the chance to win tax-free prizes. They were officially launched by Harold Macmillan, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his 1956 budget. Premium Bonds can be bought online at nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 500 000, by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches. 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. As at December 2011, customers have almost 23 million holdings in Premium Bonds totalling over £42 billion. Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957, more than 240 million tax–free prizes worth approximately £13.5 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million.
There is no time limit for claiming prizes. Premium Bonds investors can check to see if they have won by visiting nsandi.com and using the Premium Bonds prize checker on the homepage.
Premium Bonds online
Savers can now manage their Premium Bonds online, and opt to have any Premium Bonds prizes won paid directly into their bank accounts by BACS, with notification by email. To date, over 87,000 Premium Bonds savers have registered to receive prizes directly into their bank accounts with notification by email.
Savers can also:
- view their holding in full, with a record of prizes won
- opt to automatically reinvest prizes
- opt to stop receiving paper confirmation for transactions
- update their personal details – address, bank details etc
- buy and cash in Bonds
Notes to Editors
- All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
- The jackpot winner becomes ERNIE’S 263rd Premium Bond millionaire.
- Unclaimed Premium Bond prizes are defined as prizes over 18 months that have not been paid out (cashed). Addresses held for customers with unclaimed prizes might not be the current residential address of the customer.
- Pictures of ERNIE (including the new ERNIE 4 machine), Agent Million and people buying Premium Bonds are available in high-resolution jpeg format from the NS&I media team.
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