
Over £86 Million in Premium Bonds Prizes Await Claiming
According to data from National Savings and Investments, over £86,000,000 in Premium Bonds prizes are yet to be claimed.
Unclaimed Prizes Details
Draws held monthly offer prizes up to £100,000, with 2.4 million prizes still unclaimed, as reported by financial advice website This is Money.
Holders are urged to check for winnings, including six prizes worth £100,000 each and ten prizes worth £50,000 each, totaling £1 million.
Notably, two £100,000 prizes drawn in February 2007 remain unclaimed, one with a mere £6 holding.
Recent Winning Scenarios
Recent winners include a person from Wales’ Gwent Valleys with a £40,525 holding at the time of the draw and another from Gloucestershire with a £50,000 holding during the February 2022 draw.
Around 14% of unclaimed prizes belong to international winners.
Smaller Prize Insights
Among the unclaimed winnings are 18 prizes of £25,000, 50 prizes of £10,000, and 107 prizes of £5,000.
Checking Your Premium Bonds Prize
If you have won a prize, National Savings and Investments (NS&I) would have notified you. Check your emails or use the NS&I website or prize checker tool.
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