Premium Bonds winners for June have been announced - and there are two new millionaires in the UK.
The first jackpot went to a woman from Leicester, who picked up a cool £1million prize with her Bond number 404XK887196.
She purchased her winning number in July 2020 and she holds the maximum £50,000 in Premium Bonds.
The win also makes her the third person in Leicester to scoop the £1million prize.
The second £1million win in the June draw went to a woman in Cleveland.
Her winning Bond - number 147TV114992 - was bought in November 2008 and she holds a total of £41,450 in Premium Bonds.
Her life-changing prize makes her the second jackpot winner from Cleveland.
In the June 2021 prize draw, a total of 3,167,726 prizes worth £91,072,050 will be paid out.
There were 109,286,459,348 Bond numbers eligible for the draw.
Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 525.7 million prizes with a total value of £21.8billion.
How to find out if you're a winner
Customers can use the nsandi.com prize checker tool and prize checker app to see if they have won.
If you have an Amazon Alexa, you can also ask it to tell you the latest winning numbers.
To see if you've won, you will need to enter your Premium Bonds holders’ number.
Those who have chosen to have prizes paid to their bank account, or have their prizes reinvested, will be informed whether they have won by email or text message.
From Spring 2021, National Savings and Investments (NS&I) started phasing out the use of Premium Bonds prize cheques.
Instead, Premium Bonds customers can arrange to have any prizes they win paid directly into their bank account or automatically reinvested into more Premium Bonds up to the maximum limit of £50,000.
Premium Bonds are brought in blocks of £25.
Find forgotten Premium Bond prizes
NS&I, which runs Premium Bonds, revealed earlier this year how there are now more than £64million worth of prizes going unclaimed.
You can find out if any of your Premium Bonds are winners by downloading the prize checker app from the App Store or Google Play, or visit the prize checker at nsandi.com .
Customers manage their Bonds online at nsandi.com and by phone.
At the moment the odds of a bond winning each month are 24,500 to 1, and the vast majority of the prizes are for £25. That works out as a 1.4% prize fund rate.
Customers can choose to have their prizes paid straight into their bank account, or to have them automatically reinvested into new Premium Bonds.
Other ways to boost your savings
Premium Bonds may appeal to those who like a the excitement of waiting to find out if they've won, but if you’re a slow and steady saver, there are more reliable ways to grow your money.
Here’s our guide to growing your cash by finding better savings rates , whether that’s through a traditional ISA or peer-to-peer lending.
We’ve also got tips on how to find the best cash ISA , and 3 ways to nab yourself better savings rates .
If you don’t mind a gamble, but like a bit more control, you could find a stocks and shares ISA rewarding - find out more here .
