Two NS&I Premium Bonds holders from Outer London and Devon celebrate their £1 million big win

Two NS&I Premium Bonds holders from Outer London and Devon celebrate their £1 million big win

This month’s NS&I Premium Bonds jackpot winners are from Outer London and Devon, every scooping £1 million on this month’s draw. 

Based on NS&I, the primary Bond quantity drawn was 516FV135553 and is held by a winner based mostly in Outer London. The winner has a holding of £24,155 in Premium Bonds and bought their successful Bond lower than two years in the past, in October 2022. They turn into the twelfth £1 million jackpot winner from Outer London. 

The second Bond quantity to be drawn for the £1 million prize this month was 245FP902498 and the Bond holder lives in Devon. The winner holds £30,275 in Premium Bonds and bought the successful Bond in Might 2015. They’re the eighteenth Premium Bonds jackpot millionaire from Devon. 

Andrew Westhead, NS&I Retail Director, mentioned: 
“Congratulations to our two new millionaires from Outer London and Devon – what an effective way to start out the summer season holidays. 

“It’s not nearly our jackpot winners although, as we’re paying out over £457 million in prizes this month. One winner from Kent scooped £100,000 with solely a £100 holding in Premium Bonds. One other £100,000 winner purchased their successful bond almost 30 years in the past in 1995 – I hope it was well worth the wait!

“One of the simplest ways to obtain prizes hassle-free is to have them paid direct to your checking account, or mechanically reinvested into extra Premium Bonds.”

Checking prizes
Premium Bonds holders can simply verify in the event that they’ve received a prize within the August draw from Friday 2 August, by checking the NS&I web site, the prize checker app, or just asking AlexaTo verify on the NS&I web site, prospects will want their Premium Bonds holder’s quantity. In the event that they use the prize checker app, they’ll want their NS&I or holder’s quantity. Folks may verify for any unclaimed prizes owed to them.

August 2024 prize draw breakdown
A complete of 5,935,875 prizes value £457,062,375 might be paid out within the August 2024 prize draw. There have been 124,653,374,131 Bond numbers eligible for the draw.

Worth of prize Variety of prizes
£1,000,000 2
£100,000 87
£50,000 176
£25,000 349
£10,000 874
£5,000 1,748
£1,000 18,282
£500 54,846
£100 2,191,646
£50 2,191,646
£25 1,476,219
Complete worth of prizes£457,062,375 Complete variety of prizes
5,935,875

Unclaimed prizes
Premium Bonds prize winners obtain notifications of their winnings if they’ve registered their contact particulars. Nonetheless, there are cases the place prospects relocate or overlook to replace their contact particulars with NS&I. This will result in unclaimed prizes, particularly for many who choose to obtain their prizes by way of cheque slightly than financial institution switch. Unique paper Bonds will be registered on-line or by calling the helpline on 08085 007 007.

In Outer London, there are 235,985 prizes value £8,244,450 which are but to be claimed. In Devon, there are 40,729 unclaimed prizes value £1,365,875. 

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 on this approach and it’s faster and safer than ready for a cheque. 

Clients can discover directions on the way to change their prize fee preferences right here. Clients who could have an unclaimed prize can simply verify utilizing NS&I’s on-line prize checker or the prize checker app. 

Presently there are 2,433,843 unclaimed prizes value £86,076,800 ready to be claimed.