Six Premium Bonds Holders Win £100,000 Prizes with Holdings Under £5,000
In the latest Premium Bonds prize draw, a lucky holder with just £300 won a £100,000 prize, representing a remarkable 33,233% return. The winner, based in Warwickshire, purchased the bond in January. Several other holders with holdings under £5,000 also won the £100,000 prize.
Less is more: Six Premium Bonds holders scooped the £100,000 prize with holdings of less than £5,000
Other winners include a holder from Northamptonshire with a £1,000 bond, and two winners from West Yorkshire with holdings of £1,455 and £1,500. A holder from Southampton had £3,125, and a winner from Stockport won with a holding of £4,430.
The £1 million jackpot winners came from Norwich, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. One had a holding of £30,000 and the other £30,244.
This month’s prize fund rate was set at 4.65% – the highest since 1999 – with improved odds of winning. More than £65 million was added to the prize fund as a result.
The Old and the New
In this month’s draw, a £50,000 prize was won by a holder from Australia with a £117 bond bought in 1968. Three other high-value prizes (£100,000 and £50,000) were won with bonds purchased in July 2023.
Sally Swait, assistant retail director at NS&I, said, “Congratulations to our jackpot winners! We hope each of our winners enjoy their £1 million, just in time for a cosy autumn. This month, over 5.7 million winners were announced, including two million-pound jackpot winners and 90 winners who will receive £100,000.”
In the September 2023 prize draw, a total of 5,782,602 prizes worth £470,559,225 were paid out.
Premium Bonds Winners
| Prize | Area | Value of Bond |
| £1,000,000 | Norwich | £30,000 |
| £1,000,000 | Hampshire And Isle Of Wight | £8,000 |
| £100,000 | Northern Ireland | £10,000 |
| £100,000 | Essex | £30,000 |
| £100,000 | Liverpool | £16,000 |
| £100,000 | Somerset | £41,100 |
