Premium Bonds - Not a bean for months now!!!!
Discussion
Squiggs said:
Squiggs said:
Mrs is now down to 17K holdings - I'm on 30k
Mrs = zero
Me = £25
= £500 in 10 months
First time of nothing for either of us this month.Mrs = zero
Me = £25
= £500 in 10 months
Our holdings will start being reduced now (and may even be completely depleted by the end of the month) as the builder has started on our extension.
Mrs win = 2 x £25
My win = 1 x £25
= £575 in a year.
Grumfutock said:
Seriously?
Yeah? Can one account win more than one prize each month? I have no idea. I feel blessed if I win a single £25 prize.Edit: haha, I guess I'm so used to not winning it'd slipped my mind each bond meant a chance of winning and that people could have multiple prizes each month.
Edited by Oakey on Wednesday 4th March 21:02
Oakey said:
Yeah? Can one account win more than one prize each month? I have no idea. I feel blessed if I win a single £25 prize.
Yes, each individual bond in your holding/account has an equal chance of winning in the same way as if you had a fistful of national lottery tickets each one could win something.droopsnoot said:
red_slr said:
Just sold some with the intention of buying another lump to see if that helps.
All that achieves is to exclude that batch that you sell and re-purchase from the draw for a month, as new bonds don't go in the first draw after purchase....All just a coincidence I'm sure
okgo said:
Parabola said:
Bought my nephew £100 worth when he was born 5 years ago.
The little chap just won £25. He was excited beyond belief!
Pretty good going, the odds are tiny on winning anything with £100!The little chap just won £25. He was excited beyond belief!
He's visiting at the weekend, we're going to sensibly invest it all in Lego and biscuits.
okgo said:
Parabola said:
Bought my nephew £100 worth when he was born 5 years ago.
The little chap just won £25. He was excited beyond belief!
Pretty good going, the odds are tiny on winning anything with £100!The little chap just won £25. He was excited beyond belief!
Steamer said:
Indeed - but... tin foil hats at the ready: I'm sure others will also have noticed, you do tend to collect a few prizes just after buying a new batch....
...All just a coincidence I'm sure
Really, I've had premium bonds for 58 years and never won anything despite buying a new batch a year ago....All just a coincidence I'm sure
jagracer said:
Really, I've had premium bonds for 58 years and never won anything despite buying a new batch a year ago.
You've held premium bonds for 58 years and never won a bean!? I'm not having that.I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to hold (a substantial) amount in PB and leave it there if they hadn't won for 6 years, never mind 60.
Hope it's not a large amount that you could have bought a couple of houses with 58 years ago and been letting them out ever since...
BTW - If it's a tenner, ignore all that!
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