NS&I saver who put £100 into Premium Bonds is now £50,000 richer after buying Winning Bond last year

NS&I keeps details about the winners private, but the Government-backed savings provider has announced the Winning Bond is 551SN364490.

The lucky person purchased £100 in Premium Bonds in September 2023, to bring their total holding value to £535.

This winner isn’t the only person to win a high value prize within months of purchasing the winning bond.

Two savers bought the Winning Bonds 597CB991710 and 598GL029585 in October 2024.

The pair, with one from the Highlands % Islands and the other from Gloucestershire, scooped up £100,000.

Another Premium Bonds holder struck gold in September 2024, winning £100,000 from a £100 bond held since July 2024 – the first eligible draw for that bond.

As 2024 comes to a close, close to 71 million Premium Bonds prizes were won, with a total value of more than £5.5billion.

The South East proved to be 2024’s Premium Bonds hotspot, with seven £1million prizes awarded to the region.

The winning areas included West Sussex, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surrey and Kent.

A Staffordshire bond holder who invested just £1 in April 1960 also scooped a whopping £25,000 prize in September 2024.

The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds is four per cent and the odds of any £1 Bond number winning a prize are 22,000 to 1.

Savers can find some details about the high value winners on NS&I’s website now, and the Premium Bonds prize checker will be updated tomorrow.

Premium Bonds prize winners are notified when a prize is won, but sometimes people move or change their contact details without letting NS&I know.

People can check for unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes easily by using NS&I’s online prize checker or the prize checker app using their holder’s number.

There are currently 2,484,321 unclaimed prizes worth £90,963,050 waiting to be claimed by holders of Premium Bonds.