Premium Bonds saver wins £1 million months after buying bond – did you win?
Two savers have woken up millionaires after NS&I confirmed the winners of June’s Premium Bonds prize draw.
The first person to get £1 million is from Leeds and won with the bond number 662EK268242. They bought the winning bond in February 2026 and have £42,425 in Premium Bonds.
The second person to win the top prize is from Cheshire and West Chester, purchasing their winning bond of 573GA618329 in March 2024. They have a total holding of £33,800.
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It is the fifth time someone from Leeds has won the top £1 million prize and the second time someone from Cheshire and West Chester has bagged the jackpot.
Both this month’s £1 million prize winners will have received a knock on the door by Agent Million, an anonymous NS&I employee that travels the country to inform jackpot winners of their newfound wealth.
While June’s jackpot winners have already been announced, Premium Bonds holders can find out they’ve won smaller prizes from 2 June.
How many prizes will be issued in June’s monthly draw?
Just under six million tax-free prizes will be paid to Premium Bonds prize draw winners worth a total of £376,627,975 in June.
This month, there were 136,955,621,672 £1 Bonds eligible for the draw.
While just two people won £1 million in June, 71 £100,000 prizes will be paid out, as well as 143 payments of £50,000. Over 2.8 million prizes worth £25 will be awarded.
The table below shows the breakdown of Premium Bonds prizes in June:
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
71 |
|
£50,000 |
143 |
|
£25,000 |
286 |
|
£10,000 |
713 |
|
£5,000 |
1,427 |
|
£1,000 |
15,064 |
|
£500 |
45,192 |
|
£100 |
1,540,106 |
|
£50 |
1,540,106 |
|
£25 |
2,811,483 |
|
Total value of prizes |
Total number of prizes |
|
£376,627,975 |
5,954,593 |
Credit: NS&I
How to check if you’ve won in June’s prize draw
NS&I’s Agent Million will inform the Premium Bonds prize draw jackpot winners of their win in person.
NS&I says bond holders can check if they have won prizes ranging from £25 to £100,000 the day after the first working day of each month. You can check using the Premium Bonds prize checker app, by visiting the NS&I website or by asking Alexa. For June 2026, Premium Bonds holders can check from 2 June.
The prize checker app and website will show you prizes you’ve won that month, anything you’ve won in the previous six draws and any older prizes you haven’t claimed yet. Just make sure you’ve got your bond or NS&I number to hand so you can access your account.
As Premium Bonds do not expire, it may be worth checking if you have any prizes waiting for you even if you bought them years ago.
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.
For example, there is a £25,000 prize from June 2023 yet to be claimed in Cheshire & West Chester.
We look at the alternatives to Premium Bonds in a separate piece.
This content is sourced from moneyweek.com and is shared for informational purposes only.
