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  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,707 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Yes ne hopes the new baby details are kept up to date and bring a lucky windfall. Apparently a lot of childrens trust fund saving investments have now matured and gone unclaimed.
  • S_uk said:
    Congratulations to the person with a total holding of £1 who won £25000 in the September draw! 
    LOVE stories like this!
    64 year old £1 holding, unfortunately the likelihood is it will never be claimed. :(
  • S_uk said:
    Congratulations to the person with a total holding of £1 who won £25000 in the September draw! 
    LOVE stories like this!
    64 year old £1 holding, unfortunately the likelihood is it will never be claimed. :(
    My Uncle would have been a similar age when his single premium bond won a prize, though his prize was a singular £25
    Make £2023 in 2023 (#36) £3479.30/£2023

    Make £2024 in 2024...
  • huw01
    huw01 Posts: 390 Forumite
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    Does anyone have a list of the locations listed ? I'm in North Wales but never actually know where to look on that big prize list. They have some bond holder locations down as just Wales but then I have seen others as Gwent Valleys for example. So I don't actually know where they would list me in that list if I was fortunate enough to win a biggie
  • Kim_13
    Kim_13 Posts: 3,576 Forumite
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    huw01 said:
    Does anyone have a list of the locations listed ? I'm in North Wales but never actually know where to look on that big prize list. They have some bond holder locations down as just Wales but then I have seen others as Gwent Valleys for example. So I don't actually know where they would list me in that list if I was fortunate enough to win a biggie
    If you never see your county on the list, it would be North Wales due to there not being the requisite number of holders in your area to maintain anonymity. You can filter the list alphabetically to see if your area is there.
  • ljayljay
    ljayljay Posts: 145 Forumite
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    Saw this on another page, looks like the same person won two high value prizes 

    Wow, what are the odds for that?

    To win one of those prizes in a lifetime would be unlikely & to win two absolutely amazing but to win both in the very same draw is mindbendingly long odds.

    When using the app it tells you how many prizes you have won & in ascending order. Imagine opening the first to see you have won £25K & thereby knowing that the second prize is at least that amount....& even better when it turns out to be £100k...
  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 5,728 Forumite
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    Saw this on another page, looks like the same person won two high value prizes 

    If that is the same person, then that's really taking the mick.
  • Just looking at the list of big winners (alas, I fail to feature once again).
    There are two winning bonds that were 'purchased' in Aug-24.
    £10k prize off a £50 bond, and £5k prize off a £500 bond.

    If someone had bought PBs in August, then they wouldn't be eligible until the October draw.
    Therefore - are these two prizes that someone won in the August draw, and then those bonds have immediately won a prize of their own? If so congratulations to those lucky folks, and if I were them, I would be buying a euromillions ticket too.

  • srn
    srn Posts: 118 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Just looking at the list of big winners (alas, I fail to feature once again).
    There are two winning bonds that were 'purchased' in Aug-24.
    £10k prize off a £50 bond, and £5k prize off a £500 bond.

    If someone had bought PBs in August, then they wouldn't be eligible until the October draw.
    Therefore - are these two prizes that someone won in the August draw, and then those bonds have immediately won a prize of their own? If so congratulations to those lucky folks, and if I were them, I would be buying a euromillions ticket too.

    I think if you have your winnings reinvested in premium bonds they are entered in the next draw.  Maybe that is what has happened here

  • ukbren
    ukbren Posts: 16 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts
    Just looking at the list of big winners (alas, I fail to feature once again).
    There are two winning bonds that were 'purchased' in Aug-24.
    £10k prize off a £50 bond, and £5k prize off a £500 bond.

    If someone had bought PBs in August, then they wouldn't be eligible until the October draw.
    Therefore - are these two prizes that someone won in the August draw, and then those bonds have immediately won a prize of their own? If so congratulations to those lucky folks, and if I were them, I would be buying a euromillions ticket too.

    Yes it's happened to me before, but only for another small prize (£100 off a £50 win or something like that). I do love seeing the crazy stats that come with each monthly draw, like those already mentioned this month.
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