Premium Bond Winner ?

Notadamsmith

http://www.nsandi.com/savings-premium-bonds-high-value-winners

nearlyretired2004

The luck is out there for some people - I see someone in Dudley won £1000 with a £1 bond (and a total holding of £1 !) bought in 1963......... what are the chances of him/her still living in the same house when the cheque arrives?

nearlyretired2004

Just able to login to NSandI for the first time - could someone tell me how soon the smaller prizes are posted ?

Think I've seen before that some people login and find one prize only to login later and find more ......

Thanks ...

Notadamsmith

nearlyretired2004 wrote: »

Just able to login to NSandI for the first time - could someone tell me how soon the smaller prizes are posted ?

Think I've seen before that some people login and find one prize only to login later and find more ......

Thanks ...

Varies when smaller wins are up.
Does happen that very small wins get added to.
I login to my account to see if I'm a big winner - has never happened! - then wait until the small wins are all online for everyone to see, before checking.
Good luck newlyretired2004.

xsara56

Hi there, can anyone explain this to me please. I bought £20,000 worth of premium bonds in January 2012 and have just been on the premium bond site to check the winners for March (£1m - £1,000) wishful thinking I know but thought 'as good a chance as anyone I suppose'!! Anyway surprise surprise I haven't won. What I did find though is that someone in Cleveland won £1,000 on a bond purchased in December 2011 with the same number as one of my bonds, the only difference being the 2 letters!! How does that work??? I know ERNIE doesn't actually generate 'bond numbers' just random numbers that are then matched to actual bonds but I did'nt realise that duplicate numbers were sold to 'investors' by NS&I. Well done person in Cleveland

glider3560

xsara56 wrote: »

Hi there, can anyone explain this to me please. I bought £20,000 worth of premium bonds in January 2012 and have just been on the premium bond site to check the winners for March (£1m - £1,000) wishful thinking I know but thought 'as good a chance as anyone I suppose'!! Anyway surprise surprise I haven't won. What I did find though is that someone in Cleveland won £1,000 on a bond purchased in December 2011 with the same number as one of my bonds, the only difference being the 2 letters!! How does that work??? I know ERNIE doesn't actually generate 'bond numbers' just random numbers that are then matched to actual bonds but I did'nt realise that duplicate numbers were sold to 'investors' by NS&I. Well done person in Cleveland

The two letters are part of the bond number generated by ERNIE. They aren't duplicate numbers as the letters are different.

stuzhunter

xsara56 wrote: »

Hi there, can anyone explain this to me please. I bought £20,000 worth of premium bonds in January 2012 and have just been on the premium bond site to check the winners for March (£1m - £1,000) wishful thinking I know but thought 'as good a chance as anyone I suppose'!! Anyway surprise surprise I haven't won. What I did find though is that someone in Cleveland won £1,000 on a bond purchased in December 2011 with the same number as one of my bonds, the only difference being the 2 letters!! How does that work??? I know ERNIE doesn't actually generate 'bond numbers' just random numbers that are then matched to actual bonds but I did'nt realise that duplicate numbers were sold to 'investors' by NS&I. Well done person in Cleveland

this means you came close to be picked up by Ernie!!:money:

Ifts

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-2108846/1m-Premium-Bond-jackpot-prize-won-man-living-Shropshire.html

missmilly

I have just logged into my online account to find 2 x £25 prizes for me this month :j:j:j

Still waiting for the big one though

SailorSam

Are you sure Milly that it's for this month, i've just been to see if i'm rich and it's still showing February.