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December Premium Bonds winners announced – did you win £1 million?
Over 2.6 million historic Premium Bonds prizes are still waiting to be claimed, according to NS&I
Two Premium Bonds holders have woken up millionaires after NS&I announced the winners of its December 2025 prize draw.
The lucky jackpot winners each bagged a £1 million prize while 77 won £100,000. More than 150 people scooped £50,000 while over 300 secured £25,000 each.
The two £1 million winners are from Norwich and Cornwall. The former’s bond number is 591RD417238. They purchased it in August 2024.
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Both Premium Bonds £1 million prizewinners are the sixth people from their area to have won the top prize.
Andrew Westhead, NS&I retail director, said: “Congratulations to both our festive Premium Bonds jackpot winners, who can now celebrate Christmas as millionaires.”
How many people were winners in the December 2025 Premium Bonds prize draw?
More than £403 million worth of Premium Bonds prizes will be handed out in December, according to NS&I. There are over six million prize draw winners in total.
This brings the total value of all Premium Bonds prizes won since the first draw in June 1957 to £39 billion.
Below is the breakdown of prizes for this month’s draw:
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December Premium Bonds winners
Value of prize
Number of prizes
£1,000,000
2
£100,000
77
£50,000
153
£25,000
307
£10,000
769
£5,000
1,535
£1,000
16,154
£500
48,462
£100
1,718,037
£50
1,718,037
£25
2,615,792
How to check if you’re owed a prize
The Premium Bonds prize draw winners are announced on the first working day of each month.
Bond holders can check if they have won anything by using the Premium Bonds prize checker app or visiting the NS&I website the day after the first working day of each month. For this month’s draw, this is Tuesday, 2 December.
Make sure you’ve got your Bond or NS&I number to hand so you can access your account.
If you’ve got Premium Bonds but haven’t checked to see if you’ve won anything in a while, it’s worth looking into now.
NS&I says over 99% of prizes have been paid to winners since draws began in 1957, but there are still millions of unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes.
The government-backed savings provider says there are currently 2,677,306 prizes worth more than £111 million that haven’t been claimed.
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