Checking your Premium Bonds prizes (2024)

The quickest way to find out if you’ve won a prize is to use our prize checker. It’ll show you any prizes you've won this month, anything you’ve won in the previous six draws, as well as any older prizes that you haven’t claimed yet.

We update our prize checker on the day after the first working day of each month.

To use the prize checker on our website, all you’ll need is your holder’s number, which you can find on your Bond record or by logging in to your account. It has either 9 or 10 digits, or 8 digits followed by a letter.

You can also use your holder number to check if you’ve won in our prize checker app.

If you have an NS&I number, you can only use this to check if you’ve won a prize in our prize checker app.

Your NS&I number can be found on most communications you’ve had from us – it’s 11 digits long and starts with an 11, 21, 31 or 41.

Check my prizes online

You can download our Premium Bonds prize checker app on the Apple App Store or Google Play for Android devices.

Check for prizes using just your voice

If you have an Amazon Alexa look out for the Premium Bonds prize checker skill. Once you’ve enabled the skill you can check for prizes, find out when the next results are available and if you have any unclaimed prizes.

Prize draw FAQs

• You can choose to have your prizes paid directly to your bank account (or NS&I Direct Saver) or reinvested into more Bonds, giving you even more chances to win. Choose either of these options and we’ll let you know by text or email if you win.

  It’s the quicker, easier, and safer way to receive your prizes.

  
  

  If you manage your NS&I savings online or by phone

  • Simply log in using your NS&I number and password
  • Go to Your profile and select Your prize options

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  If you don’t manage your NS&I savings online

  To change how you receive Premium Bonds prizes, all we’ll need from you are:

  • Your Premium Bonds holder’s number
  • Your bank account details
  • Your email address or UK mobile phone number so we can let you know if you win

  Change your prize options

• We split prizes into three value bands – higher, medium and lower – and allocate a percentage share of the monthly prize fund to each band.

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• If you haven’t received the money in your account

  Still can’t see the money in your account after the seventh working day of the month? Call us to make sure we’ve got the right bank details.

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  If your cheque hasn’t arrived or it’s expired

  Cheques can take till the end of the month to arrive through the post. If you haven’t received your cheque by the end of the month, just get in touch and we’ll send you a replacement.

  For security, Premium Bonds prize cheques expire after 3 months. If you have a cheque and it’s expired, don’t worry – just ask us for a replacement.

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  To avoid problems like these, you can choose to have your prizes paid straight to your bank account or reinvested into more Bonds – it’s the quicker, easier, and safer way to receive your prizes.

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  See Also

  Paying tax on your savings

• We’re here to help you if you need extra help or support. We listen to everyone’s needs individually, so we can help in a way that suits you best.

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