A saver has bagged a £100,000 prize with a holding of just £275 in October's 2024 Premium Bonds prize draw.
The winner, based in Gloucestershire, bought the winning bond in January 2019, National Savings & Investments says.
It means this Premium Bonds holder has made a return of almost 36,263 per cent from their initial investment of £275.
It's not the only slice of luck for Gloucestershire in this month's draw, with one of the two coveted £1million jackpot winners also hailing from the county.
They are the eighth jackpot winner from Gloucestershire.
The winner had a holding of £29,900 and their winning bond was purchased in February 2013.
The other jackpot winner came from Derbyshire and held the maximum £50,000. The winning bond was bought in March 2023.
Other lucky winners included two holders who won £50,000 prizes with holdings of £500 or less.
One winner, based in North East Scotland won a £50,000 prize with a holding of £300 while another, from Lincolnshire, won the same amount with a holding of £500.
Meanwhile, another Premium Bonds holder has proven the adage 'good things come to those who wait' by winning a £1,000 prize with a bond bought in September 1964 - some 60 years ago.
They had a holding of just £26 and are based in Hereford and Worcester.
Premium Bonds are the nation's favourite saving product and have around 22million holders. See all of this month's Premium Bonds prize winners.
The average Premium Bonds customer has £5,250 invested according to NS&I.
Earlier this summer, This is Money analysed the past 50 Premium Bond draws stretching back to May 2020 when the NS&I pandemic boom took hold.
Of 1,639 £100,000 prizes analysed, the average holding of winners was £38,745, showing just how lucky some of this month's winners of £100,000 and £50,000 prizes were.
In the October 2024 prize draw, a total of 5.9million prizes worth £461milllion will be paid out.
There were 126billion bond numbers eligible for the draw. Since the first draw in June 1957, ERNIE has drawn 719million prizes with a total value of £33billion.
Currently, the underlying rate - or the average prize payout per year - on Premium Bonds is 4.4 per cent with the odds of any £1 bond winning a prize sitting at 21,000 to 1.
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