Premium Bond winners for May have been announced today - and two people in the UK are now £1million richer.
The first big winner lives in Nottingham, with this person holding the maximum £50,000 in Premium Bonds.
They bought their winning Bond 350FG197341 in January 2019.
The second £1million winner is from Sefton with the Bond number 371JL524811.
Their winning Bond was purchased back in October 2019 and they hold £46,525 in Premium Bonds.
Premium Bonds are an investment product by National Savings & Investment (NS&I) but instead of getting interest on your money, you're entered into a monthly prize draw.
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This means your chance of winning is completely down to chance - and you may not win anything at all.
You get a unique bond number for every £1 invested and you can win between £25 and £1million tax free each month.
The minimum amount you can have invested in Premium Bonds is £25, and the maximum is £50,000.
You can cash in all or part of your Premium Bonds at any time.
Here is the full list of prizes handed out this month:
- £1million - 2
- £100,000 - 59
- £50,000 - 117
- £25,000 - 236
- £10,000 - 590
- £5,000 - 1,177
- £1,000 - 12,573
- £500 - 37,719
- £100 - 1,280,509
- £50 - 1,280,509
- £25 - 2,376,161
How to check if you're a winner
The easiest way to see if you've won is to use the NS&I prize checker online, or the Premium Bonds 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.
NS&I recently announced its prize rate has risen from 3.15% to 3.3% from its March 2023 draw, meaning £15million more in prizes were up for grabs.
The jackpot prize of £1million is still only awarded to two winners.
Have you won big on Premium Bonds and want to share your story? Let us know by emailing: mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk
