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Two Premium Bonds Winners From Outer London And Devon Each Win £1 Million
The lucky winners of the £1 million jackpot in this month's Premium Bonds draw are from Outer London and Devon.
The initial Bond number selected was 516FV135553 and belongs to a lucky individual living in Outer London. This winner has £24,155 worth of Premium Bonds and bought the winning Bond in October 2022, less than two years ago. They are now the twelfth person from Outer London to win a £1 million jackpot.
The latest Bond number to win the £1 million prize this month is 245FP902498 and the lucky winner is from Devon. The winner has £30,275 in Premium Bonds and bought the winning Bond in May 2015. They are now the eighteenth millionaire winner from Devon.
Andrew Westhead, NS&I retail leader, expressed his excitement for the two new millionaires from Outer London and Devon. He congratulated them and mentioned that winning this amount of money is surely a fantastic way to kick off the summer break.
Not only are we celebrating our jackpot winners, but we are also distributing more than £457 million in prizes this month. A lucky individual from Kent won £100,000 with just a £100 investment in Premium Bonds. Another winner also received £100,000 from a bond purchased back in 1995 - talk about patience paying off!
One convenient method to receive prizes effortlessly is to have them deposited directly into your bank account, or automatically used to purchase more Premium Bonds.
Premium Bonds holders can easily see if they won a prize in the August draw starting on Friday, August 2nd. They can check online on the NS&I website, use the prize checker app, or ask Alexa for the results.
In order to verify their Premium Bonds winnings on the NS&I website, customers must have their holder's number handy. If they prefer using the prize checker app, they will require either their NS&I number or holder's number. It is also possible to check for any outstanding prizes that are owed to them.
In August 2024, there will be a prize draw with a total of 5,935,875 prizes valued at £457,062,375. A total of 124,653,374,131 Bond numbers qualify for this draw.
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People who win prizes from Premium Bonds will only receive notifications of their winnings if they have given NS&I their contact information. Sometimes, customers move and forget to update their contact information, which can result in prizes going unclaimed, especially for those who choose to receive their prizes by cheque instead of through a bank transfer. If you have old paper Bonds, you can register them online or by calling the helpline at 08085 007 007.
In the outskirts of London, there are 235,985 rewards totaling £8,244,450 that have not yet been collected.
In Devon, there are 40,729 prizes that no one has claimed yet, which add up to a total of £1,365,875.
Customers have the option to receive their winnings directly into their bank account or have them put back into more Premium Bonds. 90% of prizes are already paid out this way, which is faster and safer than waiting for a check.
People can learn how to update their preferred way to receive their prize money on this page. Customers who think they may have won a prize that they haven't claimed yet can conveniently check by using the online prize checker on NS&I's website or by using the prize checker app. Right now, there are 2,433,843 unclaimed prizes totaling £86,076,800 just waiting to be claimed.
The yearly interest rate for Premium Bonds is 4.40%. The chances of winning a prize with a £1 Bond number each month are 21,000 to 1.
2. NS&I has representatives who can be interviewed, such as Agent Million, and provides national and local information about Premium Bonds. If you need more information, please get in touch with the NS&I media team using the contact information provided below.
3. The prizes you win from Premium Bonds are not subject to UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax.
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