Every month more than a million prize-winning Premium Bond numbers are chosen at random and two bond-holders pocket £1m each. Other prizes range from £25 to £100,000.
Ernie: The (possibly) fastest random number generator in the West.
The numbers, or more accurately strings of numbers and letters of varying lengths, are selected by a machine known as Ernie – Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment.
We publish details of the major monthly prize winners, from £1m to £1,000.
Our tables are published on the 1st of every month or the next working day if it falls on a weekend or Bank Holiday.
Premium Bond are a Government savings product offered by NSandI that pay out prizes but no interest to the luckier investors.
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