National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has made two Premium Bond holders millionaires in the July draw. The winners are from Hertfordshire and Cumbria.
The first winner from Hertfordshire drew Premium Bond number 286HQ028274 and holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds. The Bond was purchased in November 2016.
The second winner resides in Cumbria and also holds £50,000 in Premium Bonds. The winning Bond number 474HX772350 was drawn and it was purchased in October 2021.
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Premium Bonds continue at a standstill, with no change to the prize fund rate – currently at 4.4%. The odds of winning also remain at 21,000 to 1 for every bond.
The jackpot winners will have received a visit from Agent Million. If you didn't become a millionaire in this draw, there are still millions of prizes waiting to be claimed, worth between £25 and £100,000.
July 2024 Premium Bond winners
There is a total of 5,927,312 prizes worth £456,402,800 in this month's draw. Here are all of the winnings.
| Value of prize | Number of prizes |
|---|---|
| £1,000,000 | 2 |
| £100,000 | 87 |
| £50,000 | 175 |
| £25,000 | 349 |
| £10,000 | 874 |
| £5,000 | 1,745 |
| £1,000 | 18,256 |
| £500 | 54,768 |
| £100 | 2,188,464 |
| £50 | 2,188,464 |
| £25 | 1,474,128 |
| Total value of prizes: £456,402,800 | Total: 5,927,312 |
How to check if you’re a July NS&I Premium Bond winner
If you've won a prize worth between £25 and £100,000, you won't have had Agent Million delivering the good news to you – here's how to check what you've won.
The simplest way to check is to go onto the NS&I website and use its prize checker. You will need your Premium Bond holder number and NS&I number to hand. If you're checking for winnings each month, it could be worth downloading NS&I's official prize checker app on your phone (available on Android and iOS).
If you have an Amazon Alexa, you can set the device up to notify you of your winnings too. You will need to download the Alexa app and activate the NS&I Premium Bonds prize checker skill. This is ideal if you've held Premium Bonds for some years, as you can check for prizes since 1986.
How will my prize be paid?
Most prizes are either paid into your bank account or reinvested into Premium Bonds, says NS&I. It's worth double-checking that your automatic payments are set up on the NS&I website, to enable payments to come straight into your account.
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