Premium Bond Winner ?

nottsphil

qwert10 said:

Had 5k for 25 years never won. 

The odds against that must be astronomical....

LeafGreen

nottsphil said:

qwert10 said:

Had 5k for 25 years never won. 

The odds against that must be astronomical....

extremely unlikely indeed, to the point that I would suggest there must somehow be prizes that you don’t know about.

mandarin6

My OH won in the May draw. He reinvests so the numbers allocated were 578Q.. eligible for June draw.  As he thought his luck was in he decided in the middle of May to buy some more, by chance the numbers allocated were 579Q.. eligible for July draw. What I can't understand is why someone won 50k with a 50k bond numbered 579Q bought in April!

I'm sure someone on here will be able to explain?

pbcpdeveloper

Good question, (it was a £100k prize win btw).  Only scenario I can think of is; the May draw is actually performed at the backend of April. If NS&I also do the auto reinvest in April then that would explain the Purchase Date of April and the number was allocated after you OH's auto reinvest 578Q numbers.   
I would assume the 579Q number you manually purchased in May was a higher number than the £100k winning 579Q number?

poppystar

Or alternatively they started issuing 579Q in April and the one you have has a later next letter than the one that won ie. QG onwards since the one that won was QF

mandarin6

pbcpdeveloper said:

Good question, (it was a £100k prize win btw).  Only scenario I can think of is; the May draw is actually performed at the backend of April. If NS&I also do the auto reinvest in April then that would explain the Purchase Date of April and the number was allocated after you OH's auto reinvest 578Q numbers.   
I would assume the 579Q number you manually purchased in May was a higher number than the £100k winning 579Q number?

It's  before QF.  I've downloaded the numbers from the June draw and did a search.  The whole range of letters in 579 have come out down to Z as well as 580 up to CH. 

Adding to this in May I purchased bonds starting 580A.. So surprised when I downloaded June numbers to see bonds starting 580A..B..C had won which shouldn't be eligible until July (unless they were reinvested numbers).  

I wonder if it's due to a second draw caused by ineligible bonds?  None of it makes sense.

Arrietty

Won £100 in the June draw.

Not doing too badly so far this year, £650 in total. 
Feb: £50
Mar: £175
Apr: £275
May: £50
Jun: £100 

Martico

Time for this thread's monthly resurrection.
I haven't trawled the full list of big winners, but am confident I've not won a very big one. 
Both million pound prizes this month go to people with full holdings

Swipe

Disappointment time already? It has come around fast this month.

taylornj

Win of £175, one of each £100, £50, £25 on full holding.