A summer to remember for two new Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot winners from Leeds and Cheshire & West Chester

• June's £1 million jackpot winners come from Leeds and Cheshire & West Chester
• ERNIE has drawn over 5.9 million prizes this month, worth more than £376 million
• 71 Premium Bonds holders won a £100,000 prize

Two Premium Bonds holders from Leeds and Cheshire & West Chester are celebrating an unforgettable start to summer after each winning the £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot.

The first Premium Bonds £1 million winning Bond number this month is 662EK268242 and is held by someone from Leeds. They purchased the winning Bond in February 2026 and hold £42,425. They are the fifth jackpot winner from Leeds.

The second Premium Bonds £1 million jackpot Bond number is 573GA618329 and is held by someone in Cheshire & West Chester. They purchased their winning Bond in March 2024 and hold £33,800. They are the second person to win the £1 million jackpot in Cheshire & West Chester.

Andrew Westhead, NS&I Retail Director, said: “Agent Million has made the start of summer even brighter for two lucky £1 million jackpot winners from Leeds and Cheshire & West Chester.

“But the good news doesn't stop there. This month, ERNIE drew more than 5.9 million tax-free prizes totalling over £376 million, and with the prize fund rate and odds improving for next month’s draw, there’ll be even more prizes to celebrate.

“You can check using our NS&I prize checker app from Tuesday 2 June to find out if ERNIE has brought you a win this month.”

June 2026 prize draw breakdown

In the June draw, 5,954,593 tax-free prizes will be paid to Premium Bonds prize draw winners totalling £376,627,975. This month there were 136,955,621,672 £1 Bonds eligible for the draw. This brings the grand total of prizes since the first draw in June 1957 to 839 million and the total value to £41.5 billion.

What are Premium Bonds?

Since they originally went on sale in November 1956, Premium Bonds have offered savers an accessible way to invest with the chance to win tax-free prizes. The first prize draw by ERNIE was held in June 1957.

Individuals can hold up to £50,000 in Premium Bonds, including those aged under 16. Premium Bonds offer the security of being backed by HM Treasury alongside the excitement of potentially winning tax-free prizes.

Newly purchased Premium Bonds need to be held for one full calendar month after purchase before being eligible for the prize draw. 

Prizes are funded based upon a prize fund rate applied across the total of all eligible Premium Bonds held.

Each £1 Bond purchased is entered into a monthly prize draw, where prizes range from £25 to £1 million, making it a different and engaging way to save. The jackpot prize was increased to £1 million from the April 1994 draw. There are now two £1 million prizes each month.

Checking prizes

The Bond numbers for the two £1 million jackpot prize winners are announced on the first working day of each month having been contacted directly by Agent Million. Bond holders can check if they have won prizes ranging from £25 to £100,000 the day after the first working day of each month by using the Premium Bonds prize checker app, visiting the NS&I website, or by asking Alexa. For June 2026, this is Tuesday 2 June.

To check prizes on the NS&I website, Bond holders will need their Premium Bonds holder’s number. For those using the Premium Bonds app, they can use their holder’s number, or their NS&I number.

Premium Bonds prizes notifications and unclaimed prizes

Premium Bonds prize winners will receive notifications of their winnings each month via their chosen method such as email or text if they have registered their contact details.

Over 99% of prizes have been paid to winners since the draw began in 1957 but there are instances where customers relocate or change contact or bank details and forget to update NS&I with the new details, which can lead to unclaimed prizes. Currently there are 2,796,246 unclaimed prizes worth £121,903,050 waiting to be claimed by Bond holders.

The best way to avoid prizes going unclaimed is to have them paid directly into the holder’s bank account or automatically reinvested into Premium Bonds up to the £50,000 holding limit. Prizes automatically reinvested are immediately eligible for the next draw. These payment methods now account for nine in ten prizes being paid in these ways.

Customers who think they may have an unclaimed prize (prizes over 18 months old) can check by entering their holder’s number into NS&I’s online prize checker or the prize checker app.

In Leeds, there are currently 17,917 unclaimed prizes worth £756,600 and the oldest unclaimed prize dates back to 1961. The largest unclaimed prize in Leeds is worth £10,000 and was won in July 2023.

There is a £25,000 prize from June 2023 yet to be claimed in Cheshire & West Chester.

Notes to Editors

1. The variable annual prize fund rate for the June 2026 Premium Bonds prize draw is 3.30%. The odds of any £1 Bond number winning a prize are 23,000 to 1.
2. The variable annual prize fund rate for the July 2026 Premium Bonds prize draw will increase to 3.80%. The odds of any £1 Bond number winning a prize will be 22,000 to 1. The press release can be found here.
3. Details of previous prize fund rates and odds for Premium Bonds can be found here.
4. Spokespeople including Agent Million are available for interview, along with historical, national and regional facts and figures about Premium Bonds by contacting the Media Team (information below).
5. All Premium Bonds are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
6. ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment). The story of ERNIE is available here.
7. NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK, offering a range of savings and investments to more than 24 million customers including over 22 million Premium Bonds holders. All products offer 100% security as NS&I is backed by HM Treasury.
8. Further information on NS&I including past press releases is available at nsandi-corporate.com.
9. NS&I photography and logos are available to download here.