New millionaire from Dorset in January’s jackpot draw
In Dorset there are over 337,000 Premium Bonds holdings worth more than £887 million.
Unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes in Dorset
In total there are over 688,000 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth more than £39 million. In Dorset, 7,560 prizes worth £457,925 still remain unclaimed.
There is a lady from the region who is still due to receive a £25,000 prize after failing to claim it in a previous draw. She has £12,750 invested in Premium Bonds and the prize was won in July 2007.
There are a number of other unclaimed prizes of £1,000 due to the residents of the region. A man with just £1 invested won one of these £1,000 prizes in January 1995. NS&I has tried to trace these winners, but so far without success.
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.
January'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. With these odds a Premium Bond holder with the maximum amount invested (£30,000) and with average luck could win 15 prizes each year.
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, 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 2010, customers have almost 23 million holdings in Premium Bonds totalling over £42 billion. Since the first Premium Bonds prize draw in 1957, more than 220 million tax-free prizes worth approximately £13 billion have been paid out. Prizes range from £25 to £1 million.