Five Premium Bond holders who purchased winning bonds this year each received £100,000 in rewards

NS&I has declared the winners of the Premium Bonds prize draw for April

Following National Savings and Investments' (NS&I) April prize draw, two fortunate holders of Premium Bonds became overnight millionaires, and numerous others received some additional cash. Five of the winners bought their winning bonds this year, and they each took home £100,000.

South Yorkshire and Hertfordshire are the two new Premium Bonds millionaires selected this month.

The South Yorkshire winner possesses 43,165 in Premium Bonds and bond number 494WG724922. Relatively recently, in March 2022, the winning bond was bought.

The second Hertfordshire winner has precisely 50,000 in Premium Bonds and 418AW560890. October 2020 was also a relatively recent purchase of their winning bond.

Only a few months after purchasing the winning bond, five bondholders each received £100,000.

Four of them purchased the winning bond in February of this year, which meant that the bond was eligible for the prize draw in April. The fifth person purchased the bond in January.

Cambridgeshire, Birmingham, Inner London, Somerset, and Ealing are the winners.

Agent Million, an employee of NS&I who has the impressive responsibility of traveling the nation to inform jackpot winners of their newfound wealth, will have visited the two jackpot winners.

To safeguard the identities of the employees and the winners, Agent Millions' identity is kept completely confidential.

You may still be one of the 50.9 million people who have won a piece of this month's Premium Bonds prize pot, which topped 412 million, even if you haven't received a visit from Agent Million.

Out of billions of individual bonds, NS&I's Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment, or ERNIE, was responsible for drawing all winning bonds.

You can find out today if you were fortunate enough to win a high-value prize. Otherwise, tomorrow, April 2, holders of Premium Bonds can verify whether they received smaller prizes.

"Congratulations to our winners in South Yorkshire and Hertfordshire! These April jackpots demonstrate the transformative potential of Premium Bonds for savers worldwide," stated Andrew Westhead, NS&I Retail Director.

This month, ERNIE gave out more than 5.9 million prizes totaling over 412 million, so it's not just about the jackpot millionaires. This gave many customers cause for celebration.

April 2025: Winners of Premium Bonds.

The first draw will take place in April using the new, lower prize fund rate of 3 percent. NS&I uses this rate as a benchmark to decide how many prizes should be awarded each month.

However, Marchs draw still has the same odds of winning a prize (22,000 to 1 for every 1 bond).

How to find out if you won the April NS&I Premium Bonds.

Tomorrow, April 2, you can check to see if you have won any Premium Bonds prizes.

You can use the NS&I app (available on iOS and Android) or the online NS&I prize checker tool to accomplish this; just be sure to have your Premium Bonds number on hand. You can also check your winnings from past draws with this tool.

Additionally, you can check winnings dating back to 1986 with an Amazon Alexa.

A letter to NS&I can be sent to NS&I, Sunderland, SR43 2SB. The following should be included.

Your name, current address, Premium Bonds number, and any prior addresses where you may have registered bonds Your signature You can also call NS&I at 08085 007 007 for free, but you can only use this method if you are already enrolled in NS&I's phone or online banking. It's worth seeing if you haven't claimed any prizes if you have been investing in Premium Bonds for a while. 2,547,426 prizes totaling more than 97 million have not been claimed, according to NS&I.

Even if you have an unclaimed Premium Bond from the 1950s, it is still worthwhile to check because the prizes do not expire.

How will I get my prize from Premium Bonds?

You had the option to specify how you wanted any Premium Bonds payouts to be made when you first opened your account with NS&I. Your cash prize will be transferred straight into your bank account if you chose automatic payments. Another option would have been to reinvest your winnings in Premium Bonds.

More than 90% of prizes are automatically reinvested or deposited into winners' bank accounts, according to NS&I.

A check will be sent to you if you chose not to reinvest or have your payment made automatically. It is important to confirm that your address has been updated if you have moved since purchasing your Premium Bonds.

The NS&I website allows you to modify your payment method.

We examine some other savings prize draws available on the market in our guide to Premium Bonds alternatives.