Premium Bonds: Were you a winner in the December 2022 draw?
Were you one of the lucky winners in December's National Savings and Investments (NS&I) Premium Bonds draw? Once again, two lucky players won £1m each this month.
The first winning bond number drawn was 414XW486235 and belongs to a winner in the Scottish Highlands. The jackpot winner holds £45,000 in Premium Bonds and purchased the winning Bond in September 2020. The win makes them the first winner from the Scottish Highlands.
The second winning Bond number drawn was 159FZ477948 and the winner comes from Wandsworth. The winner holds £29,042 in Premium Bonds and purchased their winning Bond in August 2009. They are the second millionaire from Wandsworth.
For the December 2022 draw, NS&I paid out almost 5 million prizes of more than £219m in value.
The total paid out by NS&I in the 65 years since the first draw in July 1957 now stands at £24bn, from 596 million prizes.
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Jill Waters, NS&I retail director, said: “A massive congratulations to our two Premium Bonds jackpot winners from the Scottish Highlands and Wandsworth – their win has come just in time to make this Christmas an extra special one.
“With over 4.9 million prizes up for grabs this month, worth nearly £219m, Premium Bonds holders up and down the country will be getting a fantastic early Christmas present from ERNIE ahead of the festivities kicking off. This Christmas, you can also give the gift of Premium Bonds to children and help kick start a healthy savings habit from just £25."
As well as the two £1m bonds, there are 18 winners of £100,000, 36 of £50,000, 71 of £25,000, some 178 worth £10,000 and 358 with a £5,000 prize.
The chances of all bonds winning are the same, regardless of when or where they were bought.
Even if you did not get a winning ticket, be sure to check any unclaimed prizes. In the Scottish Highlands, there are 6,259 unclaimed prizes worth £198,450. The largest unclaimed prize is £1,000 and there are four of these that were won between the March 1994 and November 2020 prize draws. The oldest unclaimed prize in the Scottish Highlands is from September 1969 and is worth £25.
In Wandsworth, there are 20,622 unclaimed prizes with a total value of £698,600. £5,000 is the largest unclaimed prize in Wandsworth and is from the December 1977 prize draw. The oldest unclaimed prize is from November 1963 and is worth £25.
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The Agent Million responsible for the Scottish Highlands delivery said: “It was the first time that myself or any of the other Agents Million had made the journey from the home of Premium Bonds in Lytham to the Highlands of Scotland. It was a long trip up there, but it was worth it for the joy that our winner had when I told them that they had won the £1m jackpot. I’m sure that our winner in Wandsworth will be equally delighted by this windfall win.”
Prizes do not expire, meaning you can claim as far back as the original 1957 draw. Premium Bonds holders can reduce the chances of their prizes becoming unclaimed by managing their Premium Bonds online or opting to have any prizes paid directly into their bank accounts by BACS, with notification by email.
Customers can check the Premium Bonds prize checker on the NS&I website or download the app to see if they have won.
Take a look at the rest of the big prize winning numbers from this month's draw to see if you were a winner.
Prize Value | Winning Bond NO. | Area | Val of Bond | Dt of Pur |
£100,000 | 158DB136761 | Wiltshire | £2,000 | Jul-09 |
£100,000 | 504BD721130 | Bedfordshire | £1,400 | Jun-22 |
£100,000 | 405RJ317127 | North Yorkshire | £23,600 | Jul-20 |
£100,000 | 250BT092155 | Gwent Valleys | £10,000 | Jun-15 |
£100,000 | 36ZM493251 | Northern Ireland | £100 | Sep-04 |
£100,000 | 492DY941169 | Kent | £5,000 | Mar-22 |
£100,000 | 488CM523032 | Gloucestershire | £49,950 | Feb-22 |
£100,000 | 281HZ777169 | Mid Scotland and Fife | £10,000 | Sep-16 |
£100,000 | 347FG122091 | Wirral | £50,000 | Dec-18 |
£100,000 | 136XZ651642 | Suffolk | £500 | Feb-08 |
£100,000 | 308ZH461204 | Highlands and Islands | £10,000 | Aug-17 |
£100,000 | 320SX243373 | Norwich | £50,000 | Jan-18 |
£100,000 | 251PT374215 | Tyne and Wear | £10,000 | Jul-15 |
£100,000 | 508ZT905575 | Wales | £25,550 | Aug-22 |
£100,000 | 371QT274452 | Reading | £25,000 | Oct-19 |
£100,000 | 130GE465236 | Dorset | £5,000 | Aug-07 |
£100,000 | 13SL035993 | Tyne and Wear | £100 | Aug-84 |
£100,000 | 501CV174617 | Edinburgh | £25,000 | May-22 |
£50,000 | 50DY708532 | Kent | £5,000 | Jul-03 |
£50,000 | 348LC226533 | Devon | £3,000 | Dec-18 |
£50,000 | 371EB986339 | Staffordshire | £500 | Oct-19 |
£50,000 | 473KY883486 | Outer London | £24,950 | Oct-21 |
£50,000 | 377DY650322 | Hertfordshire | £11,000 | Dec-19 |
£50,000 | 239RA250560 | Lincolnshire | £30,000 | Jan-15 |
£50,000 | 213WV299722 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £29,500 | Nov-13 |
£50,000 | 490HR459882 | Lancashire | £7,500 | Feb-22 |
£50,000 | 164SK913933 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £5,000 | Feb-10 |
£50,000 | 424XW019025 | Suffolk | £49,960 | Nov-20 |
£50,000 | 347VB250231 | Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | £25,000 | Dec-18 |
£50,000 | 184NS787169 | Bristol | £14,000 | Sep-11 |
£50,000 | 483DV339382 | West Midlands | £10,000 | Dec-21 |
£50,000 | 137XS838419 | Hertfordshire | £5,000 | Apr-08 |
£50,000 | 391ZJ082817 | Surrey | £6,057 | May-20 |
£50,000 | 101AJ547545 | Wales | £5,000 | Sep-05 |
£50,000 | 443BF282138 | West Sussex | £20,000 | Mar-21 |
£50,000 | 517BL200634 | Devon | £9,000 | Oct-22 |
£50,000 | 505FY072472 | Preston | £10,000 | Jul-22 |
£50,000 | 116ZD871064 | London | £5,000 | Oct-06 |
£50,000 | 463EY052422 | Cambridgeshire | £250 | Jul-21 |
£50,000 | 194AR308979 | Essex | £2,000 | Jun-12 |
£50,000 | 370RX373325 | Outer London | £45,000 | Sep-19 |
£50,000 | 458NJ724368 | Kent | £49,975 | Jun-21 |
£50,000 | 117JW851903 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £5,000 | Oct-06 |
£50,000 | 484LG456770 | Leicester | £8,850 | Jan-22 |
£50,000 | 25PD030894 | Wales | £5,000 | Oct-01 |
£50,000 | 143PL097404 | Kent | £2,000 | Sep-08 |
£50,000 | 444KF010590 | Cornwall | £50,000 | Mar-21 |
£50,000 | 465KE217645 | Leicester | £40,000 | Jul-21 |
£50,000 | 332MK316449 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £48,993 | Jun-18 |
£50,000 | 490KJ818278 | Surrey | £49,000 | Feb-22 |
£50,000 | 281XQ564605 | Cambridgeshire | £2,000 | Sep-16 |
£50,000 | 229VL918637 | Brighton and Hove | £7,000 | Aug-14 |
£50,000 | 21SW603227 | Essex | £100 | Jul-89 |
£50,000 | 68WY721290 | Cheshire | £5,000 | Apr-05 |
£25,000 | 496FB947245 | South Scotland | £1,600 | Apr-22 |
£25,000 | 279HV628713 | Somerset | £40,000 | Aug-16 |
£25,000 | 477QW175870 | East Sussex | £5,000 | Nov-21 |
£25,000 | 349DX571595 | Manchester | £35,000 | Jan-19 |
£25,000 | 138KT420422 | Cardiff | £5,000 | Apr-08 |
£25,000 | 260DF930750 | Outer London | £9,775 | Nov-15 |
£25,000 | 481BV789627 | Lancashire | £25,000 | Dec-21 |
£25,000 | 271MD163974 | Ealing | £10,000 | Apr-16 |
£25,000 | 147YW727775 | County Durham | £5,000 | Nov-08 |
£25,000 | 64PR544572 | Cumbria | £2,000 | Mar-05 |
£25,000 | 304CG889108 | Lancashire | £30,000 | Jun-17 |
£25,000 | 291GP203207 | Surrey | £100 | Dec-16 |
£25,000 | 267QG632945 | Hertfordshire | £25,000 | Feb-16 |
£25,000 | 436ZE043018 | Essex | £49,999 | Feb-21 |
£25,000 | 140KK564004 | Leicestershire | £50 | Jul-08 |
£25,000 | 342FS645053 | Nottingham | £200 | Oct-18 |
£25,000 | 146YD438920 | Reading | £5,000 | Oct-08 |
£25,000 | 503MJ690551 | Essex | £20,000 | Jun-22 |
£25,000 | 170QZ467023 | Warwickshire | £5,000 | Jul-10 |
£25,000 | 382VV758956 | Berkshire | £12,100 | Feb-20 |
£25,000 | 314ZL519663 | West Sussex | £11,000 | Oct-17 |
£25,000 | 119FT208467 | Leicester | £5,000 | Oct-06 |
£25,000 | 390KQ083382 | Preston | £49,584 | Apr-20 |
£25,000 | 445LC811056 | Hertfordshire | £850 | Mar-21 |
£25,000 | 333TC583661 | Gwent Valleys | £10,000 | Jun-18 |
£25,000 | 439KL734754 | Brighton and Hove | £49,690 | Feb-21 |
£25,000 | 486GD399167 | Kent | £49,975 | Jan-22 |
£25,000 | 36NG426902 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £5,000 | Jul-01 |
£25,000 | 417CY974400 | Leicester | £5,000 | Oct-20 |
£25,000 | 456MN405153 | West Sussex | £10,000 | May-21 |
£25,000 | 491LB810782 | Inner London | £6,000 | Feb-22 |
£25,000 | 151VD764799 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £5,000 | Feb-09 |
£25,000 | 367TP551734 | Shropshire | £7,000 | Aug-19 |
£25,000 | 486VV525655 | Cambridgeshire | £40,000 | Jan-22 |
£25,000 | 478TV443792 | Cheshire East | £50,000 | Nov-21 |
£25,000 | 271HL256888 | Surrey | £12,000 | Apr-16 |
£25,000 | 441DW258159 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £32,650 | Feb-21 |
£25,000 | 39VZ655065 | Dorset | £100 | May-96 |
£25,000 | 201RL182892 | Humberside | £25,000 | Jan-13 |
£25,000 | 502XX232933 | Surrey | £25,000 | Jun-22 |
£25,000 | 129LK286508 | Bristol, City of | £500 | Jul-07 |
£25,000 | 496YA842382 | Oxfordshire | £7,000 | Apr-22 |
£25,000 | 439NM663820 | Essex | £38,000 | Feb-21 |
£25,000 | 505HF765236 | Plymouth | £25,000 | Jul-22 |
£25,000 | 476JX332334 | Northamptonshire | £25,000 | Oct-21 |
£25,000 | 94FP861769 | Dorset | £5,000 | Feb-98 |
£25,000 | 59VR691874 | North Yorkshire | £5,000 | Feb-05 |
£25,000 | 432TF725395 | Cheshire | £10,000 | Jan-21 |
£25,000 | 405PL102256 | Wales | £28,500 | Jul-20 |
£25,000 | 276QF128772 | Lancashire | £10,000 | Jul-16 |
£25,000 | 392MM517697 | Wiltshire | £300 | May-20 |
£25,000 | 370YY762313 | Northumberland | £35,000 | Sep-19 |
£25,000 | 393XK249144 | Plymouth | £3,000 | May-20 |
£25,000 | 419DS950716 | Hereford and Worcester | £19,000 | Oct-20 |
£25,000 | 482EW610054 | Nottingham | £200 | Dec-21 |
£25,000 | 235NZ183995 | Inner London | £10,000 | Nov-14 |
£25,000 | 516KW677361 | South Gloucestershire | £50,000 | Oct-22 |
£25,000 | 373DB867427 | Hertfordshire | £500 | Oct-19 |
£25,000 | 511JE721273 | West Sussex | £30,000 | Aug-22 |
£25,000 | 320RL496297 | Essex | £45,000 | Jan-18 |
£25,000 | 471ZF380150 | Coventry | £6,500 | Sep-21 |
£25,000 | 490WC465478 | Hertfordshire | £37,500 | Feb-22 |
£25,000 | 459RK387961 | Tyne and Wear | £20,000 | Jun-21 |
£25,000 | 297AQ439861 | Devon | £49,995 | Feb-17 |
£25,000 | 411NQ262712 | Essex | £21,500 | Sep-20 |
£25,000 | 218WY063696 | Nottinghamshire | £30,000 | Mar-14 |
£25,000 | 280GB330620 | Cornwall | £20,000 | Aug-16 |
£25,000 | 482AE611994 | Southampton | £40,000 | Dec-21 |
£25,000 | 75FR823496 | Oxfordshire | £5,000 | Oct-03 |
£25,000 | 234YH739963 | Wandsworth | £40,000 | Oct-14 |
£25,000 | 254VA606559 | Overseas | £50,000 | Aug-15 |
Information supplied by National Savings & Investments