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Two Premium Bonds holders have bagged the jackpot in the August National Savings & Investment prize draw – one of which only purchased their winning bond seven months ago.
The latest £1 million jackpot winners come from Kent and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and won with bond numbers 664BF890888 and 491KF169443, respectively.
The Kent winner bought their bond in February 2026 and has a total holding of £21,000.
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The winner from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight purchased their bond in March 2022 and holds £49,850 overall in Premium Bonds, close to the maximum of £50,000.
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How many prizes will be issued in August’s draw?
Roughly 6.2 million tax-free prizes worth a total of £433 million will be paid to Premium Bond prize draw winners in the August draw.
This month, there were 136 billion £1 bonds eligible for the draw.
The total value of the prizes dished out since the first draw in June 1957 is £42.3 billion.
The table below shows the breakdown of prizes in August:
|
Value of prize |
Number of prizes |
|
£1,000,000 |
2 |
|
£100,000 |
83 |
|
£50,000 |
165 |
|
£25,000 |
331 |
|
£10,000 |
827 |
|
£5,000 |
1,654 |
|
£1,000 |
17,347 |
|
£500 |
52,041 |
|
£100 |
1,931,214 |
|
£50 |
1,931,214 |
|
£25 |
2,289,959 |
|
Total value of prizes |
Total number of prizes |
|
£433,663,575 |
6,224,837 |
Credit: NS&I
How to check if you’ve won in August’s prize draw
NS&I’s Agent Million will inform the £1 million jackpot winners in person.
Premium Bond holders can check if they have won the smaller prizes of £25 to £100,000 the day after the first working day of each month. For August 2026, the date you can check from is 4 August.
You can do this by using the Premium Bonds prize checker app, visiting the NS&I website or asking 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.
You will need your bond number or NS&I number to access your account.
As Premium Bonds do not expire, it’s 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 2.8 million left unclaimed.
We look at the alternatives to Premium Bonds in a separate piece.
