New millionaire from London in June’s jackpot draw
- Woman living in London
- Bond Number: 186GX671352
- Winning Bond bought in November 2011
- Total holdings £ 13,500
For the June 2013 draw ERNIE paid out over 1.8 million prizes, together amounting to over £56 million in value. There were 45,431,015,289 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
Prize and value breakdown in June 2013
| Value of prizes | Number of prizes |
|---|---|
| £1,000,000 | 1 |
| £100,000 | 5 |
| £50,000 | 9 |
| £25,000 | 20 |
| £10,000 | 48 |
| £5,000 | 95 |
| £1,000 | 1,136 |
| £500 | 3,408 |
| £100 | 33,378 |
| £50 | 33,378 |
| £25 | 1,821,483 |
| Total value of prize fund: £56,788,775 |
Total number of prizes: 1,892,961 |
In London there are 1,361,850 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £2.4 billion.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes
Across the UK there are over 914,000 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £44 million. In London in particular, over 121,000 prizes worth more than £5 million still remain unclaimed. There is a man from the region who is still due to receive £10,000 after failing to claim his prize in a previous draw. He has just £100 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in March 2006.
There are a number of other unclaimed prizes due to the residents of London, the oldest of these outstanding prizes having been drawn in December 1958. 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 London region
| Winning Bond number | Winner | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17TM646098 |
Female | Jun-10 | £16,275 | £10,000 |
| 1SE210611 | Female | Aug-10 | £30,000 | £10,000 |
| 41HK914566 | Male | May-08 | £30,000 | £10,000 |
|
49VB300010 |
Male | Mar-06 | £100 | £10,000 |
| 13KP092658 | Female | Nov-10 | £10 | £5,000 |
Some of the oldest unclaimed prizes in the London region
| 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.
June’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 264 million tax–free prizes worth approximately £14.3 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.
- Premium Bonds can be bought online at nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 500 000 (see note 5), 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 2012, customers have over 22 million holdings in Premium Bonds totalling more than £43 billion. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million.