This month’s £1 million Premium Bonds jackpot winners come from Nottingham and Sefton, with Agent Million visiting both winners in person to let them know about their life-changing win.
The first Bond number drawn was 350FG197341 and it belongs to a winner based in Nottingham. This winner purchased their winning Bond in January 2019 and holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds.
The second £1 million jackpot winner is based in Sefton, Merseyside. Their winning Bond number is 371JL524811 and it was purchased in October 2019. They hold a total of £46,525 in Premium Bonds.
May 2023 prize draw breakdown
In the May 2023 prize draw, a total of 5,048,164 prizes worth £333,178,725 will be paid out. There were 121,155,903,514 Bond numbers eligible for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 621 million prizes with a total value of £25.7 billion.
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
63 |
|
£50,000 |
125 |
|
£25,000 |
250 |
|
£10,000 |
625 |
|
£5,000 |
1,254 |
|
£1,000 |
13,326 |
|
£500 |
39,978 |
|
£100 |
1,417,302 |
|
£50 |
1,417,302 |
|
£25 |
2,157,937 |
|
Total £333,178,725 |
Total 5,048,164 |
Checking prizes
Premium Bonds holders can check to see if they have won a prize in May’s prize draw. They can do this by using the nsandi.com prize checker, official prize checker app or their Alexa-enabled device from Wednesday 3 May 2023. 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. At the same time, they can check for any unclaimed prizes owed to them.
Notes to editors
- NS&I announced on 14 February 2023 that the Premium Bonds prize fund rate would increase from 3.15% to 3.30%, with the odds remaining at 24,000 to 1. Details of all the changes can be seen here .
- NS&I also announced changes to other variable products, effective from 14 February 2023. Details of all the changes can be seen here .
- NS&I has spokespeople available for interview, including Agent Million, as well as a wealth of national and regional facts and figures 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.
- All Premium Bonds prizes are free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.
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