If you own Premium Bonds or you’re just curious to see who won in your area this month, look no further.
Plenty of people won in County Durham with prizes ranging from £1,000 to as high as £10,000.
National Savings and Investment (NS&I) have announced the July 2023 winners, so let’s take a look.
Two people in the county have won £10,000 with one winning bond number being 473NM942225.
Millions of savers are set to see increases to the rates we pay on some of our products 🎉
— nsandi (@nsandi) June 30, 2023
✔️ Premium Bonds prize fund rate up to 4% from August draw, with better odds of winning
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The owner's bond number was valued at £27,000, bought in October 2021 with an overall holding of £41,200.
The other bonder number which has won £10,000 is 349FH228002.
This owner’s bond was valued at £13,000, bought in January 2019, with an overall holding of £50,000.
Amount of Premium Bond prizes won in July in County Durham
Every month only two winners in the UK take home £1 million but there are still plenty of other prizes available.
Six people in County Durham won £5,000 in July.
- £10,000 – 2
- £5,000 – 6
- £1,000 – 93
The overall total for County Durham in July was £143,000.
Who is excited for next month’s draw, with the prize fund rate increasing to 3.70%? 🎉
— nsandi (@nsandi) June 21, 2023
Check out what one of our June Premium Bonds jackpot winners had to say about their big win 👇#PremiumBonds pic.twitter.com/YHn8n3SIsM
How to see if you’ve won on Premium Bonds
You can check your account via the NS&I website.
Prize draws are conducted every month and prizes up to £1,000,000 are given away.
To find out if you have ever won a Premium Bonds prize, you will need to dig out your holder's information and head over to the prize checker.
You will need your holder’s number which you can find on your bond record, or in the app.
You can also use your NS&I number which you should be able to find on any communication about your bonds.
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