Premium Bonds alert as region with most unclaimed prizes revealed
There are more than 2.5 million prizes waiting to be collected
Premium Bonds customers have been urged to check if they have any prizes they need to collect as there are 2.5 million prizes waiting to be picked up by their rightful owners. There are a total of 2,516,285 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes still waiting to be credited to their lucky winners, worth a total of £93,830,100.
The area with the most unclaimed prizes is marked 'Unknown/Overseas', with 416,768 prizes unclaimed, worth a total of £17,633,900. But looking at the regions within the UK, the area with the most prizes yet to be claimed is the South East, with 377,615 prizes, worth £13,548,675.
In second place is London, with 376,397, although this is the part of the UK with the biggest total amount unclaimed, with £14,186,950 still uncollected.
This is the total number of unclaimed prizes for each region along with the total winnings:
Unknown/Overseas - 416,768 unclaimed prizes - £17,633,900
South East - 377,615 unclaimed prizes - £13,548,675
London - 376,397 unclaimed prizes - £14,186,950
East - 223,282 unclaimed prizes - £7,861,025
North West - 202,060 unclaimed prizes - £7,424,375
South West - 199,577 unclaimed prizes - £7,222,750
West Midlands - 150,767 unclaimed prizes - £5,544,825
Scotland - 139,046 unclaimed prizes - £5,037,300
Yorkshire And The Humber - 123,291 unclaimed prizes - £4,426,125
East Midlands - 119,872 unclaimed prizes - £4,221,000
Wales - 98,656 unclaimed prizes - £3,512,600
North East - 59,173 unclaimed prizes - £2,154,225
Northern Ireland - 29,781 unclaimed prizes - £1,056,350
Total
2,516,285 unclaimed prizes - £93,830,100.
The big prize winners for the February prize draw were announced today (February 3), with both £1million jackpot winners from Yorkshire. Claiming the first top prize was a person from Kirklees, with winning Bond number 150EN423722. They purchased their winning Bond in January 2009 when they bought £5,000 worth of Bonds.
A saver from Sheffield took home the other jackpot prize, thanks to their winning Bond number 513EP525664. They purchased their lucky Bond in September 2022, when they bought £10,000 in Bonds. There are currently 9,684 prizes unclaimed in Kirklees, worth a total of £348,250, while Sheffield has 6,668 prizes to collect, worth £248,450.
The prize fund rate is currently at 4%, having dropped twice in recent months, with the odds of each £1 Bond winning at 22,000 to one. You can boost your odds of bagging a prize by purchasing more Bonds, up to the maximum holding limit of £50,000. Numerous individuals arrange their account so that any winnings are automatically reinvested in buying additional Bonds.
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