A Premium Bonds saver from Sefton has scooped a £100,000 prize from a holding of just £175, the May 2025 National Savings and Investment draw reveals.
The bond was purchased in November 2003, when Kylie Minogue’s single Slow shot to number 1 on the UK singles charts, in a fitting sign that good things come to those who wait.
The Sefton winner has therefore seen the value of their £175 investment jump 57,043 per cent on winning their £100,000 prize.
Two new millionaires have today been created in Derbyshire and Suffolk having bagged the coveted £1million top prizes.
The Derbyshire winner had a holding of £25,361 and purchased their winning Bond in July 2021.
While the Suffolk winner has a holding of £35,000 and bought their winning Bond in April 2017.
Just have a little patience: A Premium Bonds saver scooped a £100k prize from a bond bought in November 2003, when Kylie Minogue’s hit single ‘Slow’ was top of the UK charts
You can keep as little as £25 in Premium Bonds, but of course the more bonds you hold the more chances you have of winning a prize. The most you can put away in Premium Bonds is £50,000.
Premium Bonds Winners
| Prize | Area | Value of bond |
| £1,000,000 | Derbyshire | £16,000 |
| £1,000,000 | Suffolk | £15,000 |
| £100,000 | East Sussex | £50,000 |
| £100,000 | Suffolk | £200 |
| £100,000 | Bromley | £50,000 |
| £100,000 | Essex | £14,800 |
| £100,000 | West Sussex | £4,875 |
| £100,000 | Bromley | £25 |
More May 2025 winners
The average Premium Bonds saver has £5,406 stashed in Premium Bonds.
In May’s Premium Bonds prize draw two in five £100,000 prizes – the second biggest prize tier in the draw – were won by Premium Bonds savers with the maximum £50,000 holding, This is Money analysis reveals.
There were 79 £100,000 Premium Bonds prizes in May’s prize draw. Of these, 31 were scooped up by Premium Bonds holders who had the maximum £50,000 stashed in Premium Bonds.
The Sefton winner was the smallest holding to win a £100,000 prize at just £175.
Other notable winners include another lucky Bond holder from Kirklees who scooped £50,000 with a £300 holding alongside a winner from South Gloucestershire with the same win from a bond bought in March 2025 – meaning this was the first draw their bond was eligible to be entered in. Their holding was £2,960.
These wins were very much against the 22,000 to one odds each Bond has in the prize draw.
There were more than 5.9million prizes drawn this month worth around £413million and 130.5billion eligible bond numbers in May’s Premium Bonds prize draw.
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