NS&I announces £1million Premium Bonds prize winners for January 2024 and one only bought the bond last year
NS&I has shared some details about the January 2024 prize draw winners
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NS&I has shared some details about this month's £1million jackpot winners in the Premium Bonds prize draw.
This month, more than 5.8 million prizes worth over £475million were up for grabs.
NS&I said the first winner, with the Winning Bond number 546JZ698132, was from Warwickshire.
They purchased the Winning Bond in July last year.
Premium Bonds holders can check to see if they have won a prize via the Premium Bonds prize checker app
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The second Winning Bond is 352SX574068 and the winner is from Nottingham. They bought the Bond in February 2019.
People can check if they have won via the Premium Bonds prize checker tool.
This service is usually updated the day after the first working day of the month.
Andrew Westhead, NS&I Retail Director, said: “Congratulations to our first millionaires of 2024 from Warwickshire and Nottingham - a wonderful way to welcome the New Year in.
"The quickest way to check if you have won a prize is to use our Premium Bonds prize checker app, check online, or even ask Alexa from the second working day of each month onwards.
"New Year is also a good time to check that NS&I has your up-to-date details and to get winnings paid straight into your bank account so that any of your prizes don’t go unclaimed this year.”
Almost 64 million Premium Bonds prizes were awarded to Bondholders last year, with a total value of more than £4.6billion.
This included 24 Premium Bonds jackpot winners who have become millionaires.
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Andrew Westhead is the NS&I Retail Director
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Among the £1million winners was a saver from Sheffield who had just £3,000 invested in Premium Bonds.
The second lowest value for a winner had a holding of £4,625, and they were also from South Yorkshire.
The Premium Bonds prize fund rate for Premium Bonds increased six times last year, increasing from three per cent to 4.65 per cent by the end of the year.
It came amid the Bank of England continuing to hike the base rate to 5.25 per cent, before holding it at this level since August 2023.