New millionaire from Kent in March jackpot draw
- A man living in Kent
- Bond Number: 19ZV261442
- Winning Bond bought in July 2004
- Total holdings £ 12,000
For the March 2013 draw ERNIE paid out over 1.8 million prizes, together amounting to over £56 million in value. There were 44,832,384,394 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
Prize and value breakdown in March 2013
| Value of prizes | Number of prizes |
|---|---|
| £1,000,000 | 1 |
| £100,000 | 5 |
| £50,000 | 9 |
| £25,000 | 19 |
| £10,000 | 46 |
| £5,000 | 95 |
| £1,000 | 1,121 |
| £500 | 3,363 |
| £100 | 32,940 |
| £50 | 32,940 |
| £25 | 1,797,479 |
| Total value of prize fund: £56,040,475 |
Total number of prizes: 1,868,018 |
In Kent there are 587,150 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £1.5 billion.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes
Across the UK there are over 880,000 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £43 million. In Kent in particular, over 21,000 prizes worth more than £1 million still remain unclaimed. There is a woman from the region who is still due to receive £50,000 after failing to claim her prize in a previous draw. She has just £128 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in November 2007.
There are a number of other unclaimed prizes due to the residents of Kent, the oldest of these outstanding prizes having been drawn in April 1959. 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.
Some of the top unclaimed prizes in Kent:
| Winning Bond number | Winner | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3VT019901 |
Female | Nov-07 | £128 | £50,000 |
| 34PX250450 | Female | Jun-09 | £5,000 | £5,000 |
| 3AS928678 | Female | Oct-86 | £7 | £1,000 |
|
2SL931079 |
Female | Dec-86 | £120 | £1,000 |
| 8WS988836 | Female | Jan-87 | £1,046 | £1,000 |
Some of the oldest unclaimed prizes in Kent:
| Winning Bond number | Winner | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
EL922748 |
Male | Dec-58 | £6 | £25 |
|
AK956009 |
Male | Jun-60 | £7 | £100 |
| BN124135 | Female | Jul-60 | £2 | £25 |
|
2KP698328 |
Female | Apr-61 | £20 | £25 |
|
BB407285 |
Female | Jul-61 | £2 | £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..
Marchs’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 268 million tax–free prizes worth approximately £14.4 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.
- Cash investments into Premium Bonds over the Post Office counter will end from 1 April 2013. Savers can still invest in Premium Bonds by cheque and debit card at the Post Office or directly from NS&I by post, phone (see note 5), online at nsandi.com or standing order.
- 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 February 2013, customers have over 22 million holdings in Premium Bonds totalling more than £44 billion. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million.