When is the Premium Bonds draw?

spider42

The date the draw takes place has no relevance to whether you are entered into the draw. The cut off for being entered into the draw is that you have to hold them on the first day (not working day) of the month. You don't need to hold them on the day the draw takes place. So the OP has already qualified to be in this month's draw.

Per the Customer Agreement: "Once a Premium Bond is eligible for draws, it will take part in each month’s draw provided you still hold the Bond on the first day of the month."

Ifts

Don't know if you have a Direct Saver account with NS&I, but if you do, you can cash them into that and it is processed immediately. Then you can withdraw from the DS to your linked account.

I learnt that trick the other day, in this thread (thanks to km1500):

 Cashing in Premium Bonds before the April 5th Deadline

edit: I have just opened a Direct Saver with NS&I (took 2 mins to do as existing customer) and put a £1 in it, in case I need to use this work around in the future to get the money out to me quicker.