National Savings and Investment (NS&I) has revealed the first Premium Bonds jackpot winners for 2025 with two lucky individuals taking home the £1million top prize for the month.
Unlike traditional savings products, bond holders are enrolled in a monthly prize draw which could see NS&I customers win significant sums of cash.
For January 2025, the two new Premium Bonds jackpot millionaires hailed from Liverpool and Gloucestershire.
In this month’s draw, there were more than 5.8 million prizes which saw a collective payout of over £429m to Premium Bonds holders.
The Liverpool winner had the bond number 492XB861312 with an overall holding of £37,025 in Premium Bonds.
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January’s Premium Bonds prize winners have been announced
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This winning bond was purchased in March 2022 with the person in question being the third jackpot winner from Liverpool.
Joining them is the winner for Gloucestershire who had the bond number 601RW421962 and held £50,000 in Premium Bonds.
The unnamed person purchased their winning bond in November of last year and is the ninth Premium Bonds millionaire from the area.
Andrew Westward, the retail director at NS&I, shared his enthusiasm for the financial institution’s product while announcing the winners.
He shared: “We’re delighted to kick off 2025 by creating our first Premium Bonds millionaires of the year in Liverpool and Gloucestershire.”
To bring in the New Year, NS&I is urging Britons to consider Premium Bonds and its other savings products as a way to bolster their finances.
Savers are able to invest a minimum of £25 every month to throw their hat in the ring to access tax-free prizes. The maximum amount that can be invested is £1m.
Every £1 entered into Premium Bonds is enrolled in the monthly prize draw. Money deposited into the account is protected by HM Treasury.
Bond holders can see if they have won a prize in the January draw from tomorrow, January 3 by logging onto either the NS&I website or using the prize checker app.
It should be noted the Premium Bond holders will need to use to share their number to enquire about any potential winnings.
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App users can give either a Premium Bonds holder’s number or an NS&I number. Furthermore, savers can check for unclaimed prizes they are stilling waiting to receive.
Winners get notified of their winnings if they have registered their contact details. Despite this, NS&I warns there are situations when customers forget to update their contact details.
As a result of this, there are unclaimed prizes. This particularly impacts those who receive prize money through a cheque in lieu of a bank transfer.
Anyone with original paper Premium bonds can register them online or by calling the helpline on 08085 007 007.
