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Premium Bond Winner ?

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  • Section62
    Section62 Posts: 8,697 Forumite
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    IanManc said:
    Someone has won £10000 on a £4 bond bought in July 1961, with a total holding of £19. I love to see wins like that. I just hope they're still around to enjoy it.  :)

    And there's another with a £5000 win on a £25 bond bought in June 1958.
    Not really, these people are likely not longer around - more or less they were 30 years old in 1960, so probably would be around 90 now - and these bonds have high chances of being abandoned/forgotten. 
    So sadly they just take prizes away from us 😅
    Not sure who you mean by 'us', but that would only be the case for the bondholder whose bond was found to be ineligible.

    If a prize is awarded to a bond which turns out not to be eligible then there is a redistribution process in which the first winning bond in the next lower prize band is 'upgraded' to the higher amount... all the way down to someone who just missed out becoming a £25 winner.

    So the prizes are only 'taken away' from bondholders who weren't eligible to start with - and the gain would be to another bondholder, not to NS&I.
  • SandyN21
    SandyN21 Posts: 208 Forumite
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    silvercar said:
    IanManc said:
    Someone has won £10000 on a £4 bond bought in July 1961, with a total holding of £19. I love to see wins like that. I just hope they're still around to enjoy it.  :)

    And there's another with a £5000 win on a £25 bond bought in June 1958.
    Not really, these people are likely not longer around - more or less they were 30 years old in 1960, so probably would be around 90 now - and these bonds have high chances of being abandoned/forgotten. 
    So sadly they just take prizes away from us 😅
    I was born in the early 60s and have the odd premium bond dating back to relatives and parents friends buying one or two when I was born, so don’t dismiss the possibility that they could be owned by people still working!
    I was born late 50s and have two £1 bonds given to me by my late godparents which are included in my £50K holding
  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 5,477 Forumite
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    £75 on full holding  :'(
  • poppystar
    poppystar Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    edited 3 February pm28 11:37PM
    £25 on FH 😢😢
  • wowow
    wowow Posts: 8 Forumite
    Second Anniversary First Post
    £175 on fh
    :)
  • joshii
    joshii Posts: 11 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Posts
    £100 this month on £39,350. Still waiting for that big outlier 😂

    Feb 24 - £125
    Mar 24 - £200
    Apr 24 - £150
    May 24 - £200
    Jun 24 - £150
    Jul 24 - £125
    Aug 24 - £100
    Sep 24 - £200
    Oct 24 - £0
    Nov 24 - £100
    Dec 24 - £125
    Jan 25 - £100
    Feb 25 - £100
  • IanManc
    IanManc Posts: 2,334 Forumite
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    £100 on FH (£50+£25+£25). Better than the £25 I got last month.  :#
  • SandyN21
    SandyN21 Posts: 208 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    2025 - £50K holding
    £175 Feb (£100 + £50 + £25)
    £150 Jan (£100 + 2 x £25)
    TOTAL WINS SO FAR FOR 2025 = £325
  • Krakkkers
    Krakkkers Posts: 1,272 Forumite
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    Greta said:
    £800 on 25k. (£500 + 3 x £100).
    This is incredible for me, zero in Jan, 25 this month and i can't remember ever having a prize more than 100 in all the years i have had Premium bonds and i have the max 50k.
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