PREMIUM BONDS WINNERS IN WALES AND SOUTH SCOTLAND

September’s £1 million Premium Bonds winners are a man from Wales and a woman from South Scotland.

The first number drawn, 250SL107433, belongs to a man from Wales. He has a total Premium Bonds holding of £17,745 and the winning Bond was purchased in July 2015. The jackpot win makes the man the fourth Premium Bonds millionaire to come from Wales.

September’s second millionaire is a woman based in South Scotland. She has a total Premium Bonds holding of £10,000, with the winning Bond number 093XD777211 being purchased in March 2003. The jackpot win means that the woman is the third Premium Bonds millionaire from the region.

Get prizes paid quicker and more securely

Customers can arrange to have any future prizes paid straight in to their bank account if they are registered for NS&I’s online service and have an email address or mobile phone number. Customers should visit nsandi.com and click ‘Log in’, go to ’Your profile’ and select ‘Your prize options’.

Customers can also choose to have their prizes reinvested, up to the maximum holding amount of £50,000. This means that any prizes won can automatically be reinvested into more Premium Bonds that will go straight into the next prize draw.

Customers who have chosen to have prizes in these ways will be informed whether they have won by email or text message. Those who receive warrants (like a cheque) will receive notification of any wins through the post.

New customers buying Premium Bonds for the first time should do so online at nsandi.com . Existing customers looking to increase the size of their holding in Premium Bonds can invest by bank transfer and do not need to be registered for our online and telephone banking service to do this. Find out more at: https://www.nsandi.com/can-i-buy-bank-transfer-or-regular-standing-order

Ian Ackerley, NS&I Chief Executive, said:

“We’re absolutely delighted for our two winners in Wales and South Scotland who have won this life changing sum of money. The easiest way for customers to get any prizes they win is to have them paid directly into their bank account. Customers can also choose to have their prizes automatically reinvested into more Premium Bonds, giving them more chances of winning in future draws.

“Every £1 Bond number has an equal chance of winning, which is why the enduring magic of Premium Bonds and the chance to win a prize each month are still one of the most fun ways to get into that savings habit.”

Checking Premium Bonds prizes

Customers can check to see if they have won on the nsandi.com prize checker and prize checker app from Wednesday 2 September 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.

September 2020 prize draw breakdown

In the September 2020 prize draw, a total of 3,856,040 prizes worth £110,218,450 will be paid out. There were 94,472,953,474 Bond numbers eligible for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 495 million prizes with a total value of £21 billion.

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1. NS&I has spokespeople available for interview, including Agent Million, as well as a wealth of facts and figures (including regional) about Premium Bonds. If you require any further details, please contact the NS&I media team on the contact details below or tweet your question to @nsandi
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 1.40% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning any prize are 24,500 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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