Instead of earning interest, Premium Bonds holders are entered into a prize draw at the start of every month
To check on your bonds, you will need your unique holder’s number, which can be found on your bond record or by logging into your account on the NS&I website. It will have either nine of 10 digits, or be an eight-digit number with a letter at the end.According to, as of November 2021 there were more than two million unclaimed premium bonds prizes, with a total value of almost £75m.
To reduce the potential for leaving prizes unclaimed, premium bond holders can opt to have them paid directly in their bank account or automatically reinvested into more bonds.How many winners are there in the September prize draw? Two Premium Bonds holders – one from Norwich and one from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – won the £1m jackpot inA total of 5,782,602 prizes were paid out in the September draw, which carry a combined value of £470,559,225 – more than £65m more than in August. These were drawn from a total of 121,434,640,104 eligible numbers.
As well as the two £1m bonds, there were 90 winners of £100,000, 180 of £50,000, 361 of £25,000, 902 worth £10,000 and 1,802 valued at £5,000. The total paid out by NS&I in the 65 years since the very first draw in June 1957 now stands at £27bn, from 643 million prizes.
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