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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Person becomes millionaire after decision made in 2006 pays off

A person from Sefton has just become a millionaire after a decision they made 17 years ago.

The lucky winner held £30,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased their winning Bond in May 2006. The person, who has not been named, was the 499 jackpot-winning Bond number drawn since the competition was first introduced in 1994.

The jackpot winning numbers were drawn by the fifth incarnation of ERNIE, NS&I’s random number generator. The second winning Bond number drawn belongs to a winner in Sheffield.

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