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Levi Winchester

Premium Bond winners for December announced - including two £1million prizes

Premium Bond winners for December have been announced - and there are two new millionaires in the UK.

The first £1million winner is from the Highlands and Islands, with this person holding £45,000 in Premium Bonds.

They bought their winning Bond 414XW486235 in September 2020.

Another Premium Bond holder from Wandsworth is now also £1million richer.

Their winning number 159FZ477948 was purchased back in August 2009 and they hold £29,042 in Premium Bonds.

Premium Bonds is an investment product issued by National Savings & Investment (NS&I).

Have you won big on Premium Bonds and want to share your story? Let us know by emailing: mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk

Premium Bonds are a bit like a lottery (Premium Bonds are a bit like a lottery)

But instead of earning guaranteed interest, you are entered into a monthly prize draw where you can win between £25 and £1million tax free.

This means your chance of winning is completely down to chance - and you may not win anything at all.

Whenever you want to you can get all your money back from NS&I, though it may take a few days.

The minimum amount you can have invested in Premium Bonds is £25, and the maximum is £50,000.

How to check if you're a winner

More than two million Premium Bonds prizes worth £79.4million remain unclaimed, according to NS&I.

To see if you've won, use the nsandi.com prize checker tool and prize checker app.

If you have an Amazon Alexa, you can ask it to tell you the latest winning numbers.

Customers can choose to have their prizes paid into their bank account, or to have them reinvested into new Premium Bonds.

You should be emailed or sent a text message from NS&I if you've won.

At the moment the odds of a bond winning each month are 24,000 to 1 for every £1 Bond you have invested.

The vast majority of the prizes released each month are for £25.

We've spoken to the so-called 'Agent Million' whose job is to tell the £1milllion Premium Bond winners that they've won the top prize.

'Agent Million' revealed how winners find out the good news, how they react - and how much they get paid.

Have you won big on Premium Bonds and want to share your story? Let us know by emailing: mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk

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