Winners of Premium Bonds May were announced: Who took home the £1 million jackpot?

The May Premium Bonds prize draw's jackpot winners have been revealed

This month, did you succeed?

The Mays Premium Bonds prize draw winners were revealed by NS&I, making two fortunate savers millionaires overnight.

The windfalls from the prize draw, which awarded nearly six million prizes to individuals who had saved money in premium bonds, totaled more than 376 million.

The smallest and most frequent prize was £25, while the rarest prize was £1 million, which was won by just two bondholders. Other awards range in value from £1,000 to £100,000.

BFIA problems nowadays. With the winning bond number 567VN857011, the first of these is situated in Suffolk. They bought the bond in January 2024, and they currently own 50,000 Premium Bondsthe highest amount that a single person can own.

Based in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, the second £1 million winner has bond number 643SE292364. They held their winning bond for less than a year before winning the lottery because they purchased it in September 2025.

Agent Million, an anonymous NS&I employee who travels the nation to notify jackpot winners of their newfound wealth, will have knocked on the door of both of these savers.

Winners of smaller prizes won't have to wait long to find out if they were fortunate; starting on May 2, you can check if you won. Jackpot winners are announced on the first working day of each month.

How many people were the winners of the Premium Bonds prize draw in May 2026?

The distribution of the May Premium Bonds draw prizes will make just under six million people wealthier.

This month, 5,947,523 tax-free prizes totaling £376,180,825 were drawn.

With 17,682 prizes worth between £1,000 and £100,000 given out this month, there will still be a sizable number of winners for higher-value prizes, even though the majority of these will be worth £25.

The Mays prize draw breakdown is displayed in the table below.

NS&I, May 1st.

For every dollar you saved in Premium Bonds in May, your chances of winning a prize of any size were 23,000 to 1.

The rate of return that a bondholder with "average luck" can anticipate, known as the prize fund rate, was 3.3 percent.

How to find out if you won the Mays Prize Draw.

It's unlikely that you won the jackpot if you didn't receive an enigmatic knock on your door because the winners of each month's draw are informed that they won by getting a visit from Agent Million.

You might still have won a lesser prize, though.

The day following the first working day of each month, all winners can use the Premium Bonds prize checker app or the NS&I website to see if they have won any Premium Bonds prizes, which range from £25 to £100,000.

You will be able to verify your winnings for this month's draw starting on May 2. To access your account, make sure you have your Bond or NS&I number on hand.

Even if you purchased Premium Bonds years ago, it might be worthwhile to see if you still have any prizes waiting for you because they never expire.

Since draws started in 1957, more than 99 percent of prizes have been given to winners, according to NS&I, but millions of Premium Bonds prizes remain unclaimed.

In a different article, we examine the alternatives to Premium Bonds.