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Two Premium Bonds holders have woken up millionaires after NS&I revealed the winners of the July 2026 prize draw.
The latest £1 million jackpot winners come from Reading and Warwickshire and won with bond numbers 250TP871786 and 217AV429216, respectively.
The Reading winner bought their bond in July 2015 and has a total holding of £49,931, close to the maximum of £50,000.
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The Warwickshire champ purchased their winning bond in January 2014 and holds a total of £14,000 in Premium Bonds.
How many prizes will be issued in July’s monthly draw?
More than 6.2 million tax-free prizes, worth over £433 million, will be paid to Premium Bonds winners in July.
This month, there were more than 136 billion £1 bonds eligible to be picked in the draw. The total value of the prizes dished out since the first draw in June 1957 is £42 billion.
The table below shows the breakdown of Premium Bonds prizes in July:
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
83 |
|
£50,000 |
165 |
|
£25,000 |
331 |
|
£10,000 |
828 |
|
£5,000 |
1,654 |
|
£1,000 |
17,350 |
|
£500 |
52,050 |
|
£100 |
1,931,643 |
|
£50 |
1,931,643 |
|
£25 |
2,290,430 |
|
Total value of prizes |
Total number of prizes |
|
£433,757,200 |
6,226,179 |
Credit: NS&I
How to check if you’ve won in July’s prize draw
NS&I’s Agent Million will inform the £1 million jackpot winners 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 July 2026, Premium Bonds holders can check from 2 July.
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 number 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.
We look at the alternatives to Premium Bonds in a separate piece.
