If you own premium bonds in Wales, you could be about to start 2024 with a big payday.
National Savings and Investment (NS&I) has announced the January 2024 Premium Bonds winners.
This month's draw saw 144 people across Wales win a share of over £1.2 million with prizes ranging between £100,000 and £5,000.
One lucky winner in Wales won £100,000 in the January Premium Bonds draw.
Millions of savers will soon benefit from rate increases across our variable accounts 🎉
— nsandi (@nsandi) August 8, 2023
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The lucky winner was Bond number 215DA710137 which was valued at £20,000 and was purchased in December 2013 with an overall holding of £50,000.
Premium Bond prizes won in Wales in January 2024
Every month two winners in the UK take home £1 million.
There are also prize values of £100,000, £50,000, £25,000, £10,000 and £5000.
Welsh bond holders shared in over £1.2 million in the January draw with one lucky winner claiming £100,000 and another five winning the £50,000 prize.
Here is a full rundown of the January 2024 winners in Wales and what prizes they were awarded:
- £100,000 - 1 Welsh winner
- £50,000 - 5
- £25,000 - 19
- £10,000 - 36
- £5000 - 83
Here’s what one of our £1 million jackpot winners - who won with just over £4,000 invested in Premium Bonds - had to say about their big win 👇 pic.twitter.com/aYYUQRXqFu
— nsandi (@nsandi) February 21, 2023
How to find out if you've won on your Premium Bonds?
To find out if you have won a prize in January on your Premium Bonds simply visit the NS&I website.
Use the NS&I prize checker, but make sure you have your holder’s number handy as you will need that to claim your winnings.
Your holder number is either a nine or 10-digit number or 8 digits followed by a letter.
Prize draws are conducted every month through the service.
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