The lucky man from Inner London invested the maximum £50,000 and bought the winning NS&I Premium Bond in November 2018. The winning bond number is 344ZE146007.

He becomes the fifth Premium Bonds millionaire from the area.

The second big winner is a woman from Gloucestershire who scooped the life-changing £1m prize with holdings of £34,000. The winning bond number is 366AP817645 and was bought in August 2019.

She becomes the seventh £1m winner from the area.

There were 3.57 million prizes up for grabs in the May draw, worth £102.2m.

There were 87.6 billion eligible bonds for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, 480 million prizes have been drawn with a total value of £20.6bn.

Are you a May Premium Bonds winner?

Premium Bonds holders will be able to check if they’ve won an amount between £25 and £100,000 via the nsandi.com prize checker and prize checker app from tomorrow (Saturday 2 May). You’ll need your Premium Bonds holder’s number.

If you’ve previously chosen to have prizes paid into your bank account, or have prizes reinvested, you will receive an email or text message to inform you if you’ve won. You can then visit the online prize checker at nsandi.com or view the NS&I prize checker app to see the value of your prize. If you receive warrants, you’ll receive notification of any wins through the post.

During the coronavirus situation, NS&I is urging customers not to call to check if they have won as it’s dealing with customers who don’t have online access or have an urgent matter to discuss.