premium bonds

[whatwhat]

Hi,
Iv just been looking at the prize winners of premium bonds and noticed that there is a column headed 'holding' which im guessing means how many bonds that person owns, then another column headed 'bond value' In some cases this is the same figure as the holding column, but in others its considerably less. Does anyone know what it means? Thank you in advance

[ladyalex]

Holding means the total amount the person owns.

Bond value refers to the specific bond that won , so if the bond value is 500 it means that the owner has a block of 500 bonds (£500) and the winning one is within that block.
The winner could hold £30,000 worth of bonds, some in £100, some in £1000 and some in £5000 blocks.
Hope that's cleared it up :-))

[whatwhat]

aha, yes thank you very much!!

[Tilly2]

I was looking at the list today. Have you noticed that most of the bonds have been bought in recent years. Where are those bonds bought in the 50's, 60's 70's and 80's? I had some bought for me as a child. Are they still there?

[ladyalex]

They are still there, Tilly 2 and according to the Premium Bonds people they still have exactly the same chance of winning as the more recent ones.
I always think that there seem to be more of the recent ones too, but perhaps there have just been more bought recently, especially with interest rates being so low.
It tells you on the website how to search for lost bonds.

[gness]

When I moved thirty years ago OH checked a £5 bond I had been given as a teen. It had won some years earlier and I claimed the money. OH never won much but just after he died he won £1,000. Luckily I had chosen to leaves his bonds active for the one year after death that is allowed.

[Ric.ror]

I found some old bonds in my late step fathers belongings - he died three years ago Just suppose they one - would I still get the prize?