Unclaimed Premium Bonds Prizes Now Worth £25m
Over 433,000 winners haven't claimed their prizes worth between £25 and £25k
31st August 2005
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) have announced that the search is on for over 430,000 premium bond winners who have yet to claim their prizes.
The value of the prizes are thought to be between £25 and £25,000 each with a total value of £25 million, some of them dating back to the launch of the program in 1957.
Nearly £5m worth of prizes were due to investers in the Greater London area, with Scottish investers second highest on nearly £1.5m.
Winners are notified of their prizes by NS&I by post, but in many cases people have moved house without updating the details held by NS&I.
National Savings say the hunt is now on to reunite winners with their prizes - there is no expiry on prize claims, unlike the National Lottery - and customers can check if they've overlooked their winnings at the NS&I website.
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