Redmires wrote:Strange win.
I won £75 this month (3 x £25) which went into my bank account earlier in the month, as normal. Last week, I received another £25 win in my account and a letter from NSI saying ...
'The prize has been reallocated because your bond is next in line on the reserve list and the original winner was not eligible to receive the prize'
I've not heard of this happening before, and it's a pity I wasn't the reserve for the big one, but every little helps.
I've had one of those letters a while ago. When I asked, I seem to recall I was told it was due to another bond holder who was allocated a prize becoming ineligible for the prize draw etc. If you want to know the month and year of your "rediscovered" PB prize, you can tell by the first 3 digits of the long payment reference (e.g. Mar 2021 was 766, Feb 2021 was 765)