New Year celebrations for two Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winners from Liverpool and Gloucestershire

• The primary Premium Bonds jackpot winners of 2025 are from Liverpool and Gloucestershire 
• ERNIE has drawn greater than 5.8 million prizes this month, value over £429 million 
• The Gloucestershire winner’s Bond was the primary time it had been eligible for the prize draw 

ERNIE has kicked off 2025 by creating two new Premium Bonds jackpot millionaires from Liverpool and Gloucestershire. 

There have been greater than 5.8 million prizes in January’s draw, leading to a payout of over £429 million to Premium Bonds holders. 

The primary Bond quantity drawn was 492XB861312 and is held by a winner based mostly in Liverpool. The winner has a holding of £37,025 in Premium Bonds and bought their successful Bond in March 2022. They turn out to be the third jackpot winner from Liverpool.

The second Bond quantity to win £1 million this month was 601RW421962 and the Bond holder lives in Gloucestershire. The winner holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds and obtained their successful Bond in November 2024. They’re the ninth Premium Bonds jackpot millionaire from Gloucestershire. 

Andrew Westhead, NS&I Retail Director, mentioned: 
“We’re delighted to kick off 2025 by creating our first Premium Bonds millionaires of the yr in Liverpool and Gloucestershire.” 

Premium Bonds: a safe approach to begin saving in 2025 
For these trying to construct a financial savings behavior in 2025, Premium Bonds supply an accessible approach to start. 

With a minimal funding of £25, savers can begin their journey whereas, every month, having the possibility to win tax-free prizes. 

Every £1 Bond is entered into the month-to-month draw, the place prizes vary from £25 to £1 million, making it an enticing approach to save. 

Not like conventional financial savings accounts, Premium Bonds mix the safety of financial savings backed by HM Treasury with the thrill of probably successful tax-free prizes.

Checking prizes 
Premium Bonds holder’s can verify in the event that they’ve gained a prize within the January draw from Friday 3 January, by visiting the NS&I web site, utilizing the prize checker app, or asking Alexa. 

To verify on the NS&I web site, bond holders want their Premium Bonds holder’s quantity. 

For the app, both a Premium Bonds holder’s quantity or an NS&I quantity will work. Folks also can verify for unclaimed prizes which may be ready for them to say. 

January 2025 prize draw breakdown 
A complete of 5,851,240 prizes value £429,090,875 might be paid out within the January 2025 prize draw. There have been 128,727,262,710 Bond numbers eligible for the draw.

Unclaimed prizes 
Premium Bonds prize winners obtain notifications of their winnings if they’ve registered their contact particulars. Nevertheless, there are situations the place clients relocate or neglect to replace their contact particulars with NS&I. 

This will result in unclaimed prizes, particularly for individuals who choose to obtain their prizes through cheque relatively than financial institution switch. Folks with unique paper Bonds can register them on-line or by calling the helpline on 08085 007 007.

In Liverpool, there are 8,974 unclaimed prizes value £325,025. The most important unclaimed prize in Liverpool is value £5,000 and was from the Could 2023 draw. The oldest unclaimed prize is value £25 and is from the April 1965 draw.

In Gloucestershire, there are 22,409 unclaimed prizes value £775,125. The most important unclaimed prize in Gloucestershire is value £5,000 and is from the April 2019 draw. The oldest unclaimed prize is value £25 and is from the July 1962 draw.

Clients can select to have their prizes paid on to their checking account or reinvested into extra Premium Bonds. 9 in 10 prizes are already paid this manner as it’s faster than ready for a cheque after which paying it in. 

Clients can discover directions on the right way to change their prize cost preferences right here . 

Clients who could have an unclaimed prize can verify utilizing NS&I’s on-line prize checker or the prize checker app.

Presently, there are 2,498,733 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes value £92,343,925 ready to be claimed.

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Notes to Editors 
1. The prize fund price for the January 2025 Premium Bonds prize draw is 4.00%. The chances of any £1 Bond quantity successful a prize are 22,000 to 1. 
2. NS&I lowered the prize fund price for Premium Bonds from the January 2025 draw. The chances of any £1 Bond quantity successful a prize stay the identical. Particulars of all of the modifications could be discovered right here. 
3. NS&I has spokespeople obtainable for interview, together with Agent Million, in addition to nationwide and regional details and figures about Premium Bonds. In case you require any additional particulars, please contact the NS&I media staff on the contact particulars beneath. 
4. All Premium Bonds prizes are freed from UK Revenue Tax and Capital Positive factors Tax. 
5. NS&I is without doubt one of the largest financial savings organisations within the UK, providing a variety of financial savings and investments to greater than 24 million clients. All merchandise supply 100% safety as NS&I is backed by HM Treasury. 
6. Additional info on NS&I together with press releases is on the market at nsandi-corporate.com 
7. NS&I images and logos can be found to obtain right here .

NS&I media staff 
Olivia Taylor 07929 104492 [email protected] 
Sara Brown 020 7932 6874 [email protected] 
Jonty Alone 07769 142991 [email protected] 

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