Premium Bonds prize results for September draw – have you won £1million? | Personal Finance | Finance
Premium Bonds holders may want to check their numbers as the big prize winners have been announced for the September draw. Each monthly draw includes two jackpot prizes for £1million and other big prizes for amounts such as £100,000 and £50,000. You can check if you have any prizes to collect using the prize checker tool on the NS&I website.
The first £1million prize was won by winning Bond number 224BZ748917, which belongs to a saver from County Durham. They purchased their winning Bond in June 2014, when they bought £30,000 worth of Bonds. They held the maximum holding amount of £50,000 going into the September draw.
The other £1million jackpot went to a person from Cumbria, with winning Bond 243VC581367. They purchased their lucky bond in April 2015, when they bought £9,480 worth of Bonds. They also previously held the maximum £50,000.
NS&I retail director, Andrew Westhead, said: “Congratulations to our two new jackpot winners from County Durham and Cumbria who’ve each won £1million in September’s draw. Along with more than six million other prizes we’re awarding this month, it’s been another fantastic month for Premium Bonds holders.
“We’d also like to remind all Bond holders to keep their contact details up-to-date with us to ensure they don’t miss out on being notified of prizes.”
Each £1 Bond has an equal chance of being paired with a prize. The prize fund rate for Premium Bonds fell from the August draw, dropping from 3.8 percent to the current 3.6 percent. The odds of any £1 Bond winning is currently 22,000 to one.
One longtime saver from Bedfordshire won a prize for £10,000 in the September draw, for a Premium Bonds they purchased over 50 years ago, in January 1963. They previously had just £4 in Bonds.
In contrast, a saver from South Gloucestershire won a £100,000 prize for a Bond they purchased just three months ago, in June 2025. One person from Essex also took home a £100,000 prize despite previously holding just £350 in Bonds.
The best way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more Bonds. Many people arrange their accounts so if they win a prize, the funds are automatically reinvested in buying more Bonds.
One advantage of setting up your account this way is any Bonds purchased this way are eligible for the next month’s draw. If you purchase them yourself, you have to wait a full calendar month before they can go into the draw.
Another perk of having the auto-reinvestment feature set up is, if you have reached the maximum holding limit of £50,000 but you then withdraw some of your holdings, any future winnings will be automatically reinvested again.
