New millionaire from Lancashire in July's NS&I jackpot draw

In Lancashire, just over 510,500 people hold Premium Bonds worth over £890 million. There are over 10,300 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes in total worth over £604,550. This is the 11th time that the £1 million jackpot has been won in Lancashire.

In March, NS&I announced that from the April prize draw onwards, one of the two monthly £1 million Premium Bond jackpot prizes would be replaced by a wider mix of other prizes in the monthly draws.

Similarly, a new £25 Premium Bonds prize has been introduced to the draws alongside the existing prizes (ranging from £50 to £1 million). These changes have been introduced because Premium Bond holders say that maintaining the chances of winning tax-free prizes on a regular basis is particularly important to them.

In July's draw ERNIE paid out over 1.1 million prizes, together amounting to more than £33 million in value. There were 40,569,597,098 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.

Premium Bonds can be bought online at nsandi.com