The first winner randomly selected by its ERNIE machine was from Derbyshire with the bond number 462DR240519.
This account holder has a holding of £25,361 and purchased the bond in July 2021.
Second to come out of the hat was the bond number 300ZZ346515, which belongs to an account holder in Suffolk.
They have had the account with NS&I since April 2017 and hold £35,000 in Premium Bonds.
You can check if you were successful on the NS&I website by entering your account number or even asking your Alexa smart speaker.
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This month, a total of 5,941,150 prizes were picked out of the 130,705,305,671 eligible bond numbers. That amounted to a total of £413,900,125 in cash awarded to Premium bond holders.
Other prizes of the monthly draw were handed to 79 winners who won £100,000, 157 who scooped £50,000 and 315 winners of £25,000.
While thousands of NS&I account holders have claimed their prize, there are around two-and-a-half million unknowing bond holders with cash waiting for them to collect, which stands at just under £1m.
Sefton winner with £175 holding
Every £1 of bonds has a 22,000 to one chance of winning a money prize, so the more you have, the better chance of starting the month with a welcome financial boost from NS&I.
For May’s draw, one saver in Sefton in Liverpool had a holding of just £175 but managed to bag £100,000. Their bond number was 25LE776205 and they began investing in November 2003.
However, the best place to scoop a cash prize in a draw is in Essex, according to research.
The Southern county has had over 10,000 fortunate residents who’ve won a cash prize, taking home more than £30.2m in the last year. If you live in Essex, there’s a 4% chance you’ll be a Premium Bonds winner, compared to 1.42% for the rest of the UK.
