Article: GBP 1m win for city woman on Premium Bonds

Article: Premium bonds hit GBP 1.1bn jackpot
The Scotsman;  June 18, 2003 ;     675 words ... ... previous record of GBP 580m set in January ... popularity of premium bonds has ballooned ... against just GBP 2.7bn in 1992. Premium bonds are a risk ... That's out of GBP 22m across the ... savers associate premium bonds with unwanted ...

Article: The Week Unzipped: NS&I withdraws GBP 1m prize from ...
Scotland on Sunday;  March 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...THE chance of winning GBP 1m on the premium bonds has halved after National ... prizes, including a new GBP 25 payout. Previously the smallest prize was GBP 50. About 23 million people hold premium bonds, which do not pay interest ...

Article: NATIONAL SAVINGS: Premium Bonds a big hit with ...
M2 Presswire;  November 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... proved popular. Over GBP 200,000 Premium Bonds have been bought using ... Switzerland for nearly GBP 20,000! Customers ... prizes. In 41 years of Premium Bonds 99.5% of all prizes ... 000 prizes worth over GBP 16 million still remain ...

Article: Premium bonds vs shares.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content;  April 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Chris Dillow Premium bonds are a wretched investment. Yet ... recently about the worsening odds on premium bonds, broadly concluding that they ... it's interesting to compare premium bonds not to cash savings accounts ...

Article: Premium Bonds soar in popularity as markets fall; ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... has cut TV adverts efforts lately, Premium Bonds make an attractive bolthole for cash ... some pounds 6.6 billion - bought Premium Bonds, by far its biggest seller. According ... 170 million - presumably came from Premium Bonds. In September's draw, ERNIE 4 is ...

Article: MONEY: Ernie still proving a great catch at 50; Jeremy Gates ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... struggle to say a good word about them, Premium Bonds mark their historic half century at ... 9bn a year - roughly double what Premium Bonds pay in prizes, which explains why ... Brown is on a winner here too. After Premium Bonds went on sale from National Savings ...

Article: As Ernie hits 50, premium bonds never had it so ...
The Independent on Sunday;  December 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... government under Harold Macmillan introduced premium bonds, the state-backed investment lottery ... nation of gamblers. But 50 years on, premium bonds have gone from strength to strength ... such as a tie-up with Tesco, more premium bonds have been sold in the past five years ...