{"id":940644,"date":"2026-05-06T03:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/940644\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:03:20","slug":"greater-manchester-saver-scoops-100k-in-may-premium-bond-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/940644\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Manchester saver scoops \u00a3100K in May Premium Bond draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The May Premium Bond winners have been revealed by the NS&amp;I<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NS&amp;I premium bond checker\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_NSI_Media-Imagery_1-1-03-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"This month's Premium Bond winners include a \u00a3100k winner from Manchester\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">This month&#8217;s Premium Bond winners include a \u00a3100k winner from Manchester(Image: NS&amp;I )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One saver from Greater Manchester has won a life-altering \u00a3100,000 in this month&#8217;s Premium Bond draws, as May&#8217;s big prizes have been revealed by the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/cost-of-living\/premium-bonds-prize-change-update-33860344\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">National Saving and Investment (NS&amp;I).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Every month, the government-backed savings giant NS&amp;I hands out two jackpot \u00a31million <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premium-bonds\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Premium Bond prizes<\/a> &#8211; this month going to savers in Suffolk and Scotland. The first \u00a31M winner in May was a Suffolk saver, who purchased the winning bond &#8211; 567VN857011 &#8211; in January 2024. This saver has the maximum holding amount of \u00a350,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And the second \u00a31M win was bond 643SE292364, held by a saver living in the Highlands &amp; Islands. They purchased the winning Bond in September 2025 and hold \u00a323,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On top of the two top prizes of \u00a31M, there were 71 winners of \u00a3100,000 in May, including one saver living in Greater Manchester. The Manchester resident won their prize with bond number 513FF673500, purchased in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Each month there are two \u00a31M winners \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_NSI_Media-Imagery_1-1-06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Each month there are two \u00a31M winners \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Each month there are two \u00a31M winners (Image: NS&amp;I)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Generally speaking, the higher number of Premium Bonds someone holds, the higher chances of winning big. The Manchester saver who scooped \u00a3100k was holding \u00a336,900.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On top of the 71 \u00a3100k prizes, there were 143 winners of \u00a350k, 285 winners of \u00a325k, and 712 winners of \u00a310k, with more prizes being handed out in the value of \u00a31,000, \u00a3500, \u00a3100, \u00a350 and \u00a325.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the May draw, 5,947,523 tax-free prizes will be paid to Premium Bonds prize winners totalling \u00a3376,180,825. This month there were 136,793,028,278 \u00a31 Bonds eligible for the draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">From April 2026, the interest rate for Premium Bonds dropped to 3.3% &#8211; down from 3.6%.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Full list of Premium Bond prizes in May<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a31,000,000 &#8211; 2 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a3100,000 &#8211; 71 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a350,000 &#8211; 143 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a325,000 &#8211; 285 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a310,000 &#8211; 712 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a35,000 &#8211; 1,425 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a31,000 &#8211; 15,046 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a3500 &#8211; 45,138 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a3100 &#8211; 1,538,283 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a350 &#8211; 1,538,283 winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Prize: \u00a325 &#8211; 2,808,135 winners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Total value of prizes: \u00a3376,180,825Total number of prizes: 5,947,523<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The May Premium Bond winners have been revealed by the NS&amp;I This month&#8217;s Premium Bond winners include a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1356,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-940644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-premium-bonds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116525413751479364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}