The £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Leicester and Cleveland in June 2021.
404XK887196 was the first Bond number drawn and it belongs to a woman from Leicester. The woman purchased her winning Bond in July 2020 and she holds the maximum £50,000 in Premium Bonds. The win means that the woman is the third Premium Bonds jackpot winner from Leicester.
The second Bond number drawn was 147TV114992. The Bond belongs to a woman from Cleveland. The woman holds a total of £41,450 in Premium Bonds and purchased her winning Bond in November 2008. The win makes the woman the second Premium Bonds jackpot winner from Cleveland.
Checking Premium Bonds prizes
Customers can check to see if they have won on the nsandi.com prize checker, official prize checker app or via their Alexa-enabled device from Wednesday 2 June 2021. 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 prize checker app.
June 2021 prize draw breakdown
In the June 2021 prize draw, a total of 3,167,726 prizes worth £91,072,050 will be paid out. There were 109,286,459,348 Bond numbers eligible for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 525.7 million prizes with a total value of £21.8 billion.
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
5 |
|
£50,000 |
10 |
|
£25,000 |
21 |
|
£10,000 |
52 |
|
£5,000 |
102 |
|
£1,000 |
1,820 |
|
£500 |
5,460 |
|
£100 |
29,607 |
|
£50 |
29,607 |
|
£25 |
3,101,040 |
|
Total £91,072,050 |
Total 3,167,726 |
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Notes to Editors
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 currently 1.00% and the odds of each individual Bond number winning any prize are currently 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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