Premium Bonds August 2019 winning numbers: Have YOU won this month's premium bonds?

The Premium Bonds winning numbers for August have been published and with a £95 million prize pot at stake, it is important to check if you have one of the lucky winning numbers. There are two winners who have become instant millionaire’s in August’s prize draw. The first person from Hertfordshire bought their winning bond number 287NJ414708 in November 2016. The second winner is a woman from Cheshire West and Chester who purchased her winning bond number 105VW884980 13 years ago. But are you also a winner?

The total number of prizes in August is more than 3.3 million.

Elsewhere in the draw, six people won prizes of £100,000, 10 peope secured a payout of £50,000 and 23 people won £25,000.

A total of 3,346,095 prizes were awarded totalling £95,642,500 in this month’s draw.

Retail Director at NS&I Jill Waters said: “A big part of what makes Premium Bonds such a special product is its ability to surprise and delight – not only for this month’s two millionaire winners but for all those who have received one of the three million plus tax-free prizes paid out this month.

“Whether you have been lucky enough to win this month or not, Premium Bonds can help to create exciting adventures and opportunities for our customers, whether they’re winning big or regularly tucking away pockets of savings.

“One way to build a regular savings habit through Premium Bonds is to set up a standing order. When we reduced the minimum investment into Premium Bonds to £25 at the start of February, we also reduced the minimum monthly standing order purchase. Money put aside monthly builds up quickly over time and the unique charm of Premium Bonds is that those regular investments can lead to life-changing sums.

“Setting up a standing order can be done in only a few minutes online, and means that you’ll have more chances of winning a Premium Bonds prize every month with no extra effort.”

In total £62 million currently remains unclaimed from more than 1.6 million bond numbers.

Premium Bonds may go unclaimed for many reasons including the NS&I not holding your current address details or having forgotten about Bonds acquired as a child.

Customers can ensure their information is up to take by registering via their Premium Bonds and NS&I accounts online here. 

But how can you check if you are a winner?

Customers can use the prize checker on the NS&I website here.

You can also download the official Premium Bonds prize checker app, which is free on iOS or Android.

Amazon Alexa owners are also able to check if they have won via the new NS&I Premium Bonds prize checker skill on the device.

To do this you need to enter your details and then simply ask Alexa if you’ve won.

She will also let you know what you have won in the previous six draws and if you have any unclaimed prizes.