Liverpool winner in November's Premium Bonds jackpot draw
November’s Premium Bond millionaire
- A man living in Liverpool
- Bond Number: 178JC824336
- Winning Bond bought in March 2011
- Total holdings £22,026
The winner from Liverpool, who has chosen to remain anonymous, said:
"I am so pleased to have won! I only received my Bond earlier this year as it came from another small prize I won on my other Premium Bonds. I had registered to automatically reinvest any prizes and it’s lucky I did. This couldn't have come at a better time as it will allow me to really enjoy my retirement."
November 2011's 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 | 44 |
| £5,000 | 88 |
| £1,000 | 1,068 |
| £500 | 3,204 |
| £100 | 31,397 |
| £50 | 31,397 |
| £25 | 1,713,547 |
| Total prize fund value £53,423,225 |
Total number of prizes |
In Liverpool there are 241,263 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £301 million.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes in Liverpool In total there are over 750,000 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £40 million. In Liverpool, over 7,000 prizes worth more than £394,000 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 only £2 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in August 1997.
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 July 1964. NS&I has tried to trace these winners, but so far without success.
Some of the top unclaimed prizes in Liverpool
| Winning Bond number | Gender | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5HB089952 | Female | Aug-85 | £102 | £1,000 |
| 3BS089503 | Male | Aug-89 | £56 | £1,000 |
| 10KB427243 | Male | Feb-93 | £135 | £1,000 |
| AN106154 | Female | Aug-97 | £2 | £1,000 |
| 1DL975477 | Male | Sep-97 | £5 | £1,000 |
Some of the oldest unclaimed prizes in Liverpool
| Winning Bond number | Gender | Month and year of draw | Current holding balance | Prize value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3KK166540 | Male | Jul-64 | £10 | £25 |
| 1AW457826 | Male | Mar-65 | £1 | £25 |
| LF418834 | Male | Apr-65 | £20 | £25 |
| BS130078 | Male | Feb-66 | £2 | £25 |
| 4ET935594 | Female | Jul-66 | £5 | £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.
Use the Premium Bonds prize checker and app.
At the end of December 2010 NS&I introduced new ways for Premium Bonds holders to manage their Bonds, offering full online banking capabilities.
Savers can 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 (online only)
- update their personal details – address, bank details etc
- buy and cash in Bonds
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 (see note 4), by post and over the counter at Post Office® branches. Like all NS&I products, Premium Bonds offer investors 100% capital security, backed by HM Treasury.
Notes to Editors
- All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
- The jackpot winner becomes ERNIE’s 262nd Premium Bond millionaire.
- 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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