3rd May 2017
May 2017 Premium Bonds prizes
Jackpot winners in Cheshire East and Tyne and Wear in this month’s draw.
May’s Premium Bonds millionaires
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A male living in Cheshire East Bond number: 180WD005230 Winning Bond bought in May 2011 Value of winning Bond: £100 Total holdings: £3,100 |
A male living in Tyne and Wear Bond number: 240PY584997 Winning Bond bought in February 2015 Value of winning Bond: £10,000 Total holdings: £40,000 |
This brings the grand total of prizes since the first draw in June 1957, to 369 million and the value of those prizes to £17.4 billion.
Prize and value breakdown in May 2017
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Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
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£1,000,000 |
2 |
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£100,000 |
3 |
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£50,000 |
4 |
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£25,000 |
11 |
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£10,000 |
26 |
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£5,000 |
51 |
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£1,000 |
1,315 |
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£500 |
3,945 |
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£100 |
21,374 |
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£50 |
21,374 |
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£25 |
2,240,160 |
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Total prize fund value £65,787,600 |
Total number of prizes 2,288,265 |
May’s prize fund rate and odds
The annual Premium Bonds prize fund rate is currently 1.15% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning a prize are 30,000 to 1. Each Bond number has the same chance of winning, regardless of when or where it was bought.
ERNIE
- The Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment, or ERNIE, generates numbers completely at random for the prize draw and it is impossible for anyone to predict ERNIE’s numbers or to influence the results of the draw
- The first ERNIE was invented by one of the original Bletchley Park code breakers
- ERNIE is now in its fourth generation
Keeping track of Premium Bonds
- The NS&I Premium Bonds prize checker app can be downloaded from the Apple Store or Google Play. It is quick and easy to use and lets customers check if they’ve won a prize in the past six months
- Customers can also check if they have won by using the Premium Bonds prize checker on nsandi.com
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes
- Across the UK there are over 1.3 million unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £55 million
- In Cheshire East there are 7,144 prizes currently unclaimed worth £273,075. The oldest is from February 1970 (worth £25), while there are six unclaimed prizes worth £1,000.
- A total of £544,375 remains unclaimed from Tyne and Wear, from 13,420 prizes yet to be paid out from the county. Among these are 11 prizes of £1000 or more, including one prize of £10,000, while the oldest dates back to May 1966 and is worth £25.
- Premium Bonds holders can reduce the chances of their prizes becoming unclaimed by registering to have any prizes paid directly into their bank accounts (with notification by email): http://www.nsandi.com/register
- There is no time limit for claiming prizes
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