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How to gift Premium Bonds
You can buy Premium Bonds through the NS&I website, over the phone, or by post. To apply over the phone, call NS&I for free ...
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How do Premium Bonds work?
This popular savings product from NS&I operates differently to a typical account. We look at how Premium Bonds work.
NS&I has announced some details about the winners in July’s Premium Bonds prize draw. Who won the jackpot, and how can you ...
Two lucky premium bond holders have each won £1m in July's National Savings & Investments (NS&I) prize draw. The jackpot winners are from Norwich and Nottingham, while 80 other winners were picked for ...
How do you buy Premium Bonds? You can buy premium bonds in three ways: Online at nsandi.com,; Over the phone (freephone 08085 007 007) By completing an application form and posting to: NS&I ...
Premium Bonds are drawn at the beginning of each month, using a random number generator nicknamed ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) to choose the winners of prizes that are ...
NS&I has clarified the rules for investing in Premium Bonds following a query from an individual wishing to open an account on behalf of someone else. An individual reached out to the provider ...
There are almost 2.6 million unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes, collectively worth more than £103 million, according to data from NS&I in July 2025. The top unclaimed prize is £100,000 – with 11 ...
This person holds £35,000 in Premium Bonds and they bought their winning bond in April 2017. A total of 5,941,150 prizes worth £413,900,125 will be paid out in the May 2025 prize draw.
Premium Bond holders are waiting an average 3.5 years to win a single prize, new analysis from Octopus Money has found. In nine out of ten of these cases, this prize is worth less than £2,000.