PREMIUM BONDS ARE 65 ON MONDAY AND BIGGER THAN EVER WITH MORE THAN 113 BILLION BONDS ELIGIBLE
Monday 1 November 2021 marks 65 years since the first Premium Bond was bought
A record 113,081,411,333 Bonds were in the October prize draw
A total of 538 million prizes have now been paid out
65 years ago on Monday (1 November), the then Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, visited a Post Office and purchased the very first Premium Bond. Little did he know that he was starting a savings revolution.