NS&I announces August 2025 Premium Bonds winners – did you win £1 million jackpot?

A saver with just £7,000 in Premium Bonds has become a millionaire overnight in the August 2025 prize draw.

The jackpot winner is from Central Bedfordshire, and won with the Bond number 148YD123622 – which they bought in December 2008.

The second Premium Bonds millionaire this month is based outside of the UK, NS&I said.

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They have £50,000 in Premium Bonds and they bought the winning bond, 205XQ030808, in May 2013. Both jackpot will have had a visit from NS&I’s Agent Million.

Millions of savers will want to check if they’ve won a Premium Bonds prize as there were more than six million payouts up for grabs this month, worth more than £396 million.

This includes 75 prizes worth £100,000.

While savers with more Premium Bonds have a greater chance of winning, those with a small number can still win – as one high value prize winner proved this month. A saver who has just £750 in Premium Bonds, in West Scotland, has scooped £100,000.

NS&I’s retail director, Andrew Westhead, said: “Our Central Bedfordshire winner shows that you don’t need to have the full amount invested to win big, as every £1 Bond has an equal chance of winning the £1 million jackpot.

"And remember, if you’re moving abroad and want to keep your Premium Bonds, you still need to have a UK bank account.”

How many prizes were there in the August 2025 Premium Bonds prize draw?

A new, lower Premium Bonds prize fund rate took effect from this month's draw, reducing from 3.8% to 3.6%. It meant the total value of prizes was cut this month.

There is no guaranteed interest with Premium Bonds. The odds of winning a prize stand at 22,000 to one per £1 holding.

This month, there were a total of 6,005,404 prizes worth £396,356,500.

The total number of eligible Bond numbers in the draw was 132,118,833,579.

The prize checker will be updated on 2 August 2025.

NS&I will notify Premium Bonds savers when they win a prize, but they might not always get the message – such as if they’ve moved or changed contact details and not updated NS&I.

There are currently 2,615,187 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes worth £105,022,575.

We look at how safe NS&I is, as well as alternatives to Premium Bonds, in separate articles.