NS&I TO PAY ALL PREMIUM BONDS PRIZES DIRECT TO CUSTOMERS’ BANK ACCOUNTS

Premium Bonds paper prize cheques will be phased out from December 2020. Premium Bonds holders that still receive paper warrants need to take action to ensure they continue to automatically receive payment of their prizes. Customers can also choose to have prizes reinvested into more Premium Bonds, giving them more chances of winning prizes in future draws. Customers will receive prizes more quickly, more easily and more securely. Almost three quarters (74%) of Premium Bonds prizes are…

LESS IS SOMETIMES MORE IN ERNIE’S PREMIUM BONDS DRAW

After the launch of Premium Bonds in November 1956, savers across the nation waited with bated breath for the first draw in June 1957. Ever since then, ERNIE has randomly generated numbers, sharing out millions of tax-free prizes both large and small. Higher value prizes can sometimes feel out of reach for savers with more modest holdings, but each £1 Bond has an equal chance of winning, no matter where or when it was first bought. The most recent draw in September 2020 proved that sometimes…

PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS IN CUMBRIA AND OUTER LONDON

The £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot prize winners in August 2020 are a woman from Cumbria and a man from Outer London. The first £1 million prize, Bond number: 174SW095381 belongs to a woman from Cumbria. She purchased the winning Bond in November 2010 and has a total of £5,900 in Premium Bonds. She becomes the seventh Premium Bonds millionaire winner in Cumbria, with the previous jackpot win in the region in November 2019.

PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS IN INNER LONDON AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The £1 million Premium Bonds prize winners for May come from Inner London and Gloucestershire. May’s first millionaire is a man from Inner London. His winning Bond number is 344ZE146007 and he has the maximum Premium Bond holding of £50,000. The winning Bond was purchased in November 2018. The win makes the man the fifth Premium Bonds millionaire from Inner London.

ERNIE MARCHES INTO SPRING WITH JACKPOT WINNERS IN NORWICH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Two lucky people in Norwich and Cambridgeshire will be waking up with a spring in their step this morning following a visit from Agent Million informing them that they have won £1 million each. The first eligible Bond number drawn this month - 250KD320334 – belongs to a woman based in Norwich. She has a total holding of £50,000 and purchased her winning Bond in July 2015. She is just the third jackpot winner from the East Anglian city.