2 November 2009
NOVEMBER’S £1 MILLION PREMIUM BONDS JACKPOT DRAW
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November’s Premium Bond millionaire
A man living in Clwyd1
Bond Number: 38JZ040498
Winning Bond bought in August 1997
Total holdings: £20,000
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The male winner from Clwyd asked to keep his identity a secret, though went on the record to say: “I can’t believe I’ve won the jackpot prize! It’s an incredible feeling to be the recipient of such a large sum of money and I’m really excited at the prospect of being able to treat my family to some new life experiences.”
In November’s draw ERNIE paid out over 1.6 million prizes, together amounting to more than £50 million in value. There were 40,439,578,484 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.
NS&I announced in September that the Premium Bonds prize fund rate would increase to 1.5% from the October 2009 prize draw onwards. This has created an extra 500,000 Premium Bond prizes to be distributed this month, making the number of high value prizes (£5,000 to £100,000) paid in November nearly double the number of high value prizes awarded in September before the rate increased.
Prize and value breakdown in November 2009
| Value of prizes
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Number of prizes |
| £1,000,000 | 1 |
| £ 100,000 | 4 |
| £ 50,000 | 8 |
| £25,000 | 17 |
| £10,000 | 40 |
| £5,000 | 82 |
| £1,000 | 1,010 |
| £ 500 | 3,030 |
| £100 | 29,697 |
| £50 | 29,697 |
| £25 | 1,621,396 |
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Total prize fund value £50,549,450 |
Total number of prizes 1,684,982 |
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 www.nsandi.com, by telephone on 0500 500 000 (see note 5), 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, as well as the sense of fun that comes from potentially winning tax-free prizes.
