Were you one of the winners in National Savings and Investments (NS&I) premium bonds April draw? Once again, two lucky players won £1m each this month.
The first winning bond number, 511HH360429, is held by someone from Hampshire & The Isle of Wight. The winner has £50,000 in premium bonds and purchased their winning bond in August 2022.
The second winning bond number, 519FV988513, was drawn for a new millionaire based in Surrey. The winner holds £50,000 in premium bonds and purchased the winning bond in November 2022.
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Unlike other investments, where investors earn interest or a regular dividend income, bonds are entered into a monthly prize draw where people can win between £25 and £1m. All premium bonds prizes are free of UK income tax and capital gains tax.
The chances of all bonds winning are the same, regardless of when or where they were bought. Even if you did not get a winning ticket this time, be sure to check for any unclaimed prizes.
Prizes do not expire, meaning you can claim as far back as the original 1957 draw. Premium bond holders can reduce the chances of their prizes going unclaimed by managing their premium bonds online or opting to have any prizes paid directly into their bank accounts by BACS, with notification by email.
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In Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, there are 79,128 unclaimed prizes worth £3.37m dating back to 1963. The largest unclaimed prize is worth £25,000 and was won in August 2024.
In Surrey, the highest unclaimed prize, ready to be united with its owner, is a £50,000 ticket from June 2019. There are currently 72,849 unclaimed prizes worth £3,081,100 dating back to 1963 in the area.
Currently, there are 2,754,285 unclaimed prizes worth £118,216,175 waiting to be claimed by bond holders. Over 99% of prizes have been paid to winners since the draw began in 1957.
A total of more than 5.91m tax-free prizes worth £376m will be paid out in the April prize draw. There were 130,705,305,671 bond numbers eligible for the draw.
Customers can check the premium bonds prize checker on the NS&I website or download the app to see if they have won.
The NS&I cut the premium bonds prize fund rate to 3.30% this April, down from 3.60%. It also changed the odds, which went from 22,000 to 1 to 23,000 to 1.
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The prize fund rate for premium bonds has already been cut from 4% to 3.8% from the April 2025 prize draw.