Premium Bonds: NSI prize checker - who won in December's draw?
There’s an early Christmas bonus for hundreds of people who have won a payout from the Premium Bonds they hold.
What are December’s winning Premium Bonds?
Among the long list of winners, two Premium Bonds owners have scooped the £1,000,000 top prize.
Bond number 591RD417238 is owned by someone from Norwich who has £35,000 of Premium Bonds in total and who bought them in August last year - and so they have seen a quick return on their investment.
The other person has struck even luckier - they are from Cornwall and have won with 615WP633178. They own £20,000 of Premium Bonds in total and bought them in February this year.
But there were plenty of other people who won tidy amounts of money, too. Some 77 bond holders won £100,000, and hundreds of people won at least £1,000.
What are Premium Bonds?
Premium Bonds, issued by National Savings & Investments (NS&I), are a way of saving. Instead of earning interest, each bond is entered into a monthly prize draw.
Prizes range from £25 up to the £1m jackpot. There is no guaranteed return, but the initial investment is safe and will not go down.
Savers can purchase Premium Bonds from £25, up to a maximum of £50,000. They’re available online through the NS&I website or by post with an application form and cheque.
Winners are drawn at random each month by ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment), the system that has been used since 1957.