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A Premium Bonds holder has won a £1 million jackpot prize with a bond bought just nine months ago.
The saver, from London, bought the winning bond in January 2026 and has a total holding of £45,500. The winning bond number is 659VC982054.
The second jackpot winner is from Norwich and bagged the £1 million with a bond bought in January 2022. Their winning bond number is 484QT130447 and they hold the maximum total of £50,000 in Premium Bonds.
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How many prizes will be issued in September’s Premium Bonds draw?
As well as the two £1 million jackpot payout, almost 100 Premium Bonds prizes worth £100,000 will be handed out in the September draw by NS&I. There will also be 192 £50,000 prizes and 381 £25,000 prizes.
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More than 6.5 million prizes worth £497 million will be distributed in the September draw.
A total of 858 million prizes worth £42.8 billion have been awarded since the first Premium Bonds draw in 1957.
Here is the breakdown of all the prizes that will be shared out this month:
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
95 |
|
£50,000 |
192 |
|
£25,000 |
381 |
|
£10,000 |
954 |
|
£5,000 |
1,909 |
|
£1,000 |
19,882 |
|
£500 |
59,646 |
|
£100 |
2,365,010 |
|
£50 |
2,365,010 |
|
£25 |
1,716,787 |
|
Total value of prizes |
Total number of prizes |
|
£497,086,175 |
6,529,868 |
Source: NS&I
How to check if you’ve won in September’s prize draw
The two £1 million winners are notified in person by NS&I’s Agent Million each month.
Winners of the £100,000 and lower Premium Bonds prizes can check if they have won the day after the first working day of each month. For September 2026, that date is 2 September.
You can do this by using the Premium Bonds prize checker app, visiting the NS&I website or via Amazon Alexa.
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.
Make sure you have your bond number or NS&I number so you can access your account.
There is no time limit to claim a Premium Bonds prize so you should check if you’ve won anything before and didn’t realise, even if you bought the Premium Bonds years ago.
NS&I says over 99% of prizes have been paid to winners since draws began in 1957, but there are still 2.8 million left unclaimed.
