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From 1 January 2009 the odds of winning a prize for each £1 of bond was 36,000 to 1. In October 2009, the odds returned to 24,000 to 1 with the prize fund interest rate increase. [ 18 ] The odds reached 26,000 to 1 by October 2013 and then reverted to 24,500 to 1 in November 2017.
Prizes can also range from $1 Amazon gift cards to $2,500, $1 million or $3 million. [55] The larger cash prizes are paid in installments, typically with a balloon payment at 30 years, [56] reducing the present value of prizes to much less than their nominal values. In August 2024, "early look" prizes were eliminated. [57]
A Prize Bond is a lottery bond, a non-interest bearing security issued on behalf of the Irish Minister for Finance by the Prize Bond Company DAC. Funds raised are used to offset government borrowing and are refundable to the bond owner on demand. Interest is returned to bond owners via prizes which are distributed by random selection of bonds.
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The prize fund is paid for out of the equivalent interest payable on the entire bond pool for that month. As of 2020 the prize fund rate is 4.65% [5] implying that a bond holder can expect to achieve a mean long term return of 4.65% per annum. In reality, the nature of a lottery bond means that median returns are lower and are increasing in the ...
Composition by country as of March 31, 2022 [1]; Country Market Weight % United States: 40.52 EGBI* 31.63 Japan: 16.03 United Kingdom: 4.55 Others: 7.28 * EGBI (FTSE EMU Government Bond Index) consists of EMU-participating countries that meet the WGBI criteria for market inclusion: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain