 Premium Bonds were launched by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan |
Five premium bond holders have each won �1m in December's special 50th anniversary draw. The anonymous winners come from Surrey, East Yorkshire, Glasgow, Essex and Leicestershire.
It was the first of the two celebratory prize draws marking 50 years of the bonds, launched in November 1956 by then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Fifty years ago, the draw consisted of 23,000 prizes, the top being �1,000. Last month, they were worth over �101m.
A total of 173 premium bond millionaires have been created by Blackpool-based Ernie in the half-century.
The popular acronym Ernie stands for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment.
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