PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS IN MANCHESTER AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN DECEMBER 2020 DRAW

December’s Premium Bonds millionaires come from Manchester and South Gloucestershire.

The first Bond number to be drawn was 398MV229074 and belongs to a woman from Manchester. She holds £30,010 in Premium Bonds and her winning Bond was purchased in June 2020. The win makes her the fourth Premium Bonds millionaire from Manchester.

December’s second millionaire is a woman from South Gloucestershire. The Bond number drawn was 263SP726460 and is part of a £50,000 total holding, with the winning Bond purchased in January 2016. The win means that the woman becomes the eighth Premium Bonds jackpot winner from Gloucestershire.

Checking Premium Bonds prizes

Customers can check to see if they have won on the nsandi.com prize checker, prize checker app or via their Alexa enabled device from Wednesday 2 December 2020. Customers will need their Premium Bonds holder’s number to use the website and their NS&I number or holder’s number to check via the app.

December 2020 prize draw breakdown
In the December 2020 prize draw, a total of 2,868,182 prizes worth £82,460,250 will be paid out. There were 98,952,302,605 Bond numbers eligible for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 507 million prizes with a total value of £21.3 billion.

Value of prize

Number of prizes

£1,000,000

2

£100,000

4

£50,000

9

£25,000

17

£10,000

42

£5,000

86

£1,000

1,648

£500

4,944

£100

26,795

£50

26,795

£25

2,807,840

Total

£82,460,250

Total

2,868,182

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Notes to Editors

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2. All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.

3. NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK, offering a range of savings and investments to 25 million customers. All products offer 100% capital security, because NS&I is backed by HM Treasury.

4. The annual Premium Bonds prize fund rate is 1.00% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning any prize are 34,500 to 1. The prize fund rate and the odds of winning are variable, so they can change from time to time.

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