HERE COMES THE SUN – TWO NEW PREMIUM BONDS MILLIONAIRES FROM INNER LONDON AND SURREY

July’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Inner London and Surrey. The first winning Bond number drawn was 210ST236184 and it belongs to a winner in Inner London. The jackpot winner holds £30,300 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in August 2013. They become the seventh millionaire chosen by ERNIE from Inner London.

JUNE IS FILLED WITH CELEBRATIONS AS ERNIE TURNS 65 WITH WINNERS FROM ESSEX AND KIRKLEES

On this day 65 years ago, the first ever Premium Bonds draw took place. Today, ERNIE celebrates its 65th birthday and two Premium Bonds jackpot winners – the first from Essex and the second from Kirklees – are both £1 million richer. The £1 million jackpot is 1,000 times larger than the £1,000 jackpot prize was in June 1957. The first winning Bond number drawn was 281YT705546 and it belongs to a winner in Essex. The jackpot winner holds £10,001 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond…

NS&I RELEASES ARCHIVE IMAGERY TO CELEBRATE 65th ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST PREMIUM BONDS DRAW

  Sixty-five years ago today, the first Premium Bonds prize draw was held on 1 June 1957, with a top prize of £1,000. June 2022 will be the 781 st Premium Bonds prize draw and ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment), the machine that generates the winning numbers, has now paid out more than 562 million prizes worth £22.9 billion. Today, the top prize is £1 million.

NS&I TO INCREASE PREMIUM BONDS PRIZE FUND RATE

NS&I will increase the Premium Bonds prize fund rate from 1.00% to 1.40%, effective from the June 2022 Premium Bonds prize draw. The odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a Premium Bonds prize will also change from 34,500 to 1 to 24,500 to 1. The increased prize fund rate will see an estimated additional 1.4 million prizes paid out in the June Premium Bonds prize draw.

MAY’S PREMIUM BONDS MILLIONAIRES ARE FROM GREATER MANCHESTER AND WANDSWORTH

Thanks to the randomness of ERNIE, a Premium Bonds holder in Greater Manchester and another in Wandsworth will be waking up £1 million richer after winning the jackpot in the May Premium Bonds prize draw. The first jackpot-winning number is 281HY160082 and belongs to a winner in Greater Manchester. The jackpot winner holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in September 2016. 092QC393046 is the second jackpot-winning number and the Bondholder lives in Wandsworth. The…

APRIL’S PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS COME FROM HEREFORD & WORCESTER AND WEST SUSSEX

Both of this month’s Premium Bonds jackpot winners may have thought that April Fools had come early when Agent Million delivered the good news, as both had waited more than 15 years to strike it lucky and win the £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot. The first Bond number drawn was 117XT770430 and belongs to a winner in Hereford & Worcester. The jackpot winner holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in October 2006. They become just the third millionaire chosen by ERNIE…

NS&I PROVISIONAL Q3 2021-22 RESULTS AND 2022-23 NET FINANCING TARGET

Q3 2021-22 Net Financing of £1.6 billion As of 31 December 2021, Net Financing total of £2.2 billion, against a whole-year target of £6 billion, in a range of £3 billion to £9 billion 2021-22 Net Financing whole-year forecast is £4.0 billion (excluding Green Savings Bonds) 2022-23 Net Financing target: £6 billion (within a range of £3 billion to £9 billion) NS&I today published its unaudited quarterly results for the third quarter of the financial year 2021-22 (October-December 2021).

NS&I announces a new way of referring Premium Bonds jackpot winners to quality financial advice

From 1 April 2022, NS&I will offer the £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot winners the option to seek financial advice from any Certified Financial Planner (CFPTM) or Chartered Financial Planner in the UK. Referring winners to Certified Financial Planners (CFPTM) and Chartered Financial Planners will give significantly more choice in terms of selecting the type of adviser that best meets their needs. This change will also give over 8,000 advisers the chance to help winners of the Premium Bonds…