New millionaire from Leeds in July’s jackpot draw
- A man living in Leeds
- Bond Number: 43PC675712
- Winning Bond bought in October 2001
- Total holdings £ 15,000
For the July 2013 draw ERNIE paid out over 1.9 million prizes, together amounting to over £57 million in value. There were 45,679,465,864 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
Prize and value breakdown in July 2013
| Value of prizes | Number of prizes |
|---|---|
| £1,000,000 | 1 |
| £100,000 | 5 |
| £50,000 | 9 |
| £25,000 | 20 |
| £10,000 | 49 |
| £5,000 | 97 |
| £1,000 | 1,142 |
| £500 | 3,426 |
| £100 | 33,552 |
| £50 | 33,552 |
| £25 | 1,831,461 |
| Total value of prize fund: £57,099,325 |
Total number of prizes: 1,903,314 |
In Leeds there are 183,141 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £276 million.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes
Across the UK there are over 922,769 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £44 million. In Leeds in particular, over 6,700 prizes worth more than £323,000 still remain unclaimed. There is a woman from the region who is still due to receive £1,000 after failing to claim her prize in a previous draw. She has just £5 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in April 1998.
There are a number of other unclaimed prizes due to the residents of Leeds, the oldest of these outstanding prizes having been drawn in January 1961. Premium Bonds holders can reduce the chances of their prizes becoming unclaimed by managing their Premium Bonds online or opting to have any prizes paid directly into their bank accounts by BACS, with notification by email.
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Some of the highest unclaimed prizes in the Leeds region
| Winning Bond number | Winner | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3DL825268 |
Female | Apr-98 | £5 | £1,000 |
| 4AP873212 | Male | Apr-99 | £1 | £1,000 |
| 64SW956113 | Male | Feb-05 | £22,750 | £1,000 |
|
3SN948451 |
Male | Feb-06 | £1,055 | £1,000 |
| 10PZ569167 | Female | Jul-09 | £175 | £1,000 |
Some of the oldest unclaimed prizes in the Leeds region
| Winning Bond number | Winner | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AB406729 |
Male | Jan-61 | £2 | £25 |
|
WS437428 |
Female | Apr-64 | £500 | £25 |
|
WS437444 |
Female | Apr-64 | £500 | £25 |
|
1AB646776 |
Female | Dec-64 | £1 | £25 |
| 4AB951504 | Female | Apr-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.
July’s prize fund rate and odds
The Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 1.5% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning a prize are 24,000 to 1.
Premium Bond facts
- Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957, more than 275 million tax–free prizes worth approximately £14.6 billion have been paid out.
- 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.
- Savers can invest in Premium Bonds directly from NS&I by post, phone (see note 5), online at nsandi.com or standing order, or by cheque and debit card at the Post Office.
- 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 June 2013, customers have over 22 million holdings in Premium Bonds totalling more than £45 billion. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million.