Premium Bonds customers have been urged to check if they have any prizes they need to collect as there are 2.5 million prizes waiting to be claimed.
There are a total of 2,516,285 unclaimed Premium Bonds prizes still waiting to be picked up by their rightful owners, worth a total of £93,830,100.
The area with the most unclaimed prizes is marked ‘Unknown/Overseas’, with 416,768 prizes unclaimed, worth a total of £17,633,900.
But of the regions within the UK, the area with the most prizes yet to be claimed is the South East, with 377,615 prizes, worth £13,548,675.
In second place is London, with 376,397, although this is the part of the UK with the biggest total amount unclaimed, with £14,186,950 still uncollected.
Below is the total number of unclaimed prizes for each region along with the total winnings:
- Unknown/Overseas – 416,768 unclaimed prizes – £17,633,900
- South East – 377,615 unclaimed prizes – £13,548,675
- London – 376,397 unclaimed prizes – £14,186,950
- East – 223,282 unclaimed prizes – £7,861,025
- North West – 202,060 unclaimed prizes – £7,424,375
- South West – 199,577 unclaimed prizes – £7,222,750
- West Midlands – 150,767 unclaimed prizes – £5,544,825
- Scotland – 139,046 unclaimed prizes – £5,037,300
- Yorkshire And The Humber – 123,291 unclaimed prizes – £4,426,125
- East Midlands – 119,872 unclaimed prizes – £4,221,000
- Wales – 98,656 unclaimed prizes – £3,512,600
- North East – 59,173 unclaimed prizes – £2,154,225
- Northern Ireland – 29,781 unclaimed prizes – £1,056,350
Total
2,516,285 unclaimed prizes – £93,830,100.
The big prize winners for the February prize draw were announced today (February 3), with both £1million jackpot winners from Yorkshire. Claiming the first top prize was a person from Kirklees, with winning Bond number 150EN423722. They purchased their winning Bond in January 2009 when they bought £5,000 worth of Bonds.
A saver from Sheffield took home the other jackpot prize, thanks to their winning Bond number 513EP525664. They purchased their lucky Bond in September 2022, when they bought £10,000 in Bonds.
There are currently 9,684 prizes unclaimed in Kirklees, worth a total of £348,250, while Sheffield has 6,668 prizes to collect, worth £248,450.
The prize fund rate is currently at 4%, having dropped twice in recent months, with the odds of each £1 Bond winning at 22,000 to one.
You can increase your chances of winning a prize by buying more Bonds, up to the maximum holding limit of £50,000. Many people set up their account so any winnings are automatically reinvested in buying more Bonds.
