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PREMIUM BONDS ARE HELD BY MORE THAN 24 MILLION PEOPLE, EQUIVALENT TO MORE THAN 1 IN 3 OF THE UK POPULATION, WITH NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS (NS&I) CONDUCTING THE LATEST MONTHLY

DRAW. 09:13, 03 Feb 2025 Millions of Premium Bonds holders have been urged to check their accounts on Monday. Premium Bonds are held by more than 24 million people, equivalent to more than 1

in 3 of the UK population, with National Savings and Investments (NS&I) conducting the latest monthly draw. This month, the two jackpot winners were from Kirklees and Sheffield. The

winning bonds 150EN423722 and 513EP525664, were bought in January 2009 and September 2022, respectively, NS&I has confirmed in an update on Monday February 3. Four savers bought their

bonds in October 2024. Bond 599XX274163 was bought in Ealing and Winning Bond 597SP775933 purchased in Bristol. Bond codes 597AR806603 and 596QF32316 were purchased in Hampshire & Isle

Of Wight and in Gwent Valleys. READ MORE UK FACES 327-MILE SNOW BLIZZARD WITH 'EXACT HOUR' IT WILL 'EASE OFF' ANNOUNCED On its website, NS&I said: "Most banks

only guarantee your savings up to £85,000. We’re the only provider that secures 100% of your savings, however much you invest. We're backed by HM Treasury and we've been helping

people save for over 160 years. Today, over 24 million customers save with us. Article continues below "We created Premium Bonds and you can only get them from us. Open an account and

you could win big in our monthly prize draw." Seeing where the luckiest prize winning areas are each month is part of the fun of Premium Bonds. But to protect winners’ anonymity and

help keep their personal details private, NS&I set some rules around revealing prize winning locations. "Each customer is assigned to a town, local authority, county or Government

Standard Region and country. When a winner is assigned to a town with less than 100,000 holders assigned to it, then we use the following hierarchy until we find a level where that area has

at least 100,000 Premium Bonds holders," it states. "For large towns and cities that are divided into local authorities or boroughs, we quote the area with the fewest customers

over the 100,000 reporting limit. This may mean the list quotes a local authority area or borough instead of the town or city. Article continues below "For Premium Bonds holders living

outside the UK, we only publish the country when there are at least 100,000 holders living there. Otherwise, we publish the area as ‘overseas’."