Premium Bonds - Not a bean for months now!!!!

[33q]

Checked and received my disappointment at 8am this morning.

[SHutchinson]

£25 on £20k, still in line with average returns for the year.

Overall I'm pretty happy with PB. I simply wanted somewhere interesting but risk-free to stick some cash, logging in each month to check if I've won a prize makes it fun.

[BoRED S2upid]

3 of us in our family all won £25 this month my first win of the year. At least it's something.

[lbc]

£25 this month for me.

[DSLiverpool]

£50 for me on £49k
£25 missus on £30k

Bit shyte really!

[MWM3]

Nothing for me this month, not surprised really as I cashed some out last month.

[Skyedriver]

Not in with you big boys but a few thou here.
Never had more than the small prize was £50 now £25 and these arrived as cheques.
Just out of curiosity, how do the bigger payouts arrive and what's the change over value from cheque to getting a knock on the door?

[Old Merc]

I invested £5K September 2015,so far just won £25.I don't expect much of a return,what I do know is that I have exactly the same chance as the guy that won £1million.

[okgo]

£50 on £90k

[Paul O]

I read an article last week on MSN Money, someone has done the maths and the odds of winning the lottery are considerably higher than winning the premium bonds.

With the recent changes to both the lottery and the premium bond draws, the net result was that you could take your money out of the premium bonds, invest in the highest interest account you can find, then use the interest to bet on the lottery each week. You'll still have your capital, and your odds of winning will be higher.

Food for thought.

[okgo]

Keep up at the back. It's been mentioned every 5 pages since the inception of his thread

[Paul O]

okgo said:

Keep up at the back. It's been mentioned every 5 pages since the inception of his thread

Doh!! I've never spotted it in all the months of skimming this thread. Thought I was being all kinds of helpful.

Lesson to self: Your news is never new news, its old news. Don't try to be clever...

[Old Merc]

I recently unearthed two premium bonds my late mother gave my son when he was born,FORTY NINE YEARS AGO!!
Checked them out,nothing.

[Doofus]

Another month, another win! Not had a single dry month yet

Also, not had any noteworthy wins. Just outstripping other investments is OK by me.

[stevensdrs]

First blank month this year. Hope it's a blip.

[Ozzie Osmond]

OK, I saw this on Yahoo Finance today and thought it might be of interest. Essentially Martin Lewis explains why the stock market is likely to give much better returns than premium bonds,

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/martin-lewis-bea...

[Steamer]

stevensdrs said:

First blank month this year. Hope it's a blip.

Same here

Is this the first draw since the prize money pot has been revised?

Website checker for June is live now by the way.

[AyBee]

AyBee said:

Does it take a while for the app to show if you've won anything or are others getting results right now?

Anyone?

[nigelpugh7]

AyBee said:

Anyone?

Just used my app, and the results are up now.

Sadly mine is a better luck next time message!

I think I am going to pull my cash from these now,,and have a punt on something else!

[DSLiverpool]

Me - £25 * 2
Mrs nowt
Nephew (has deceased FiL bonds) £25

£120k held