HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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- Nov 9, 2009
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Blank for me this month but Mrs HS copped £225
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[Finance] Premium Bonds - prize pool increased again - you ever have any luck?
- Thread starter Mustafa II
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Have to be in the system for a month before being entered, so if that's the case for you, fingers crossed for next draw.
MonkeyGland
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- Jul 3, 2008
- 46
Best win ever for me this month (after 4 months of blanks). £500 from a £9k holding.
portslade seagull
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£300 for me this month
£200 total for us, so below par
- Oct 17, 2008
- 15,051
Open question - how much money did you put in before you won anything?
No idea...........had £5 in for about 40 years before we started putting more in but couldn't say when prizes started (other than it wasn't in that first 40 years
)Statistically, if you've got around £21,000 in you should get one prize every month
Mustafa II
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Best ever win for me too. £200 from a £7.5k holding.
My record over the last year has been insane - beating even the very best savings accounts available by a considerable margin.
My head says keep using the best savings accounts for guaranteed returns but... my heart says stick some more cash into the premos - it almost feels like the £ million prize is inevitable at this point!
Insel affe
HellBilly
oh, ok we only got them two weeks ago, that is comforting and saves a bollocking for not getting a return yet.
2 months before it goes in the draw
Incorrect - they have to be held for a full calendar month to go into the draw for the following month, so if you buy on 31 December, they are in the draw on 1 February
Shropshire Seagull
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Moved all our £20k PBs into high interest easy access cash ISA. No chance of winning big but getting almost £100 every month.
I think PBs are for those who are either already maxed out elsewhere on tax efficient savings or like the "flutter" of win-big versus win-nowt with stake protection. No right or wrong answer.
I think PBs are for those who are either already maxed out elsewhere on tax efficient savings or like the "flutter" of win-big versus win-nowt with stake protection. No right or wrong answer.
It's a 'flutter', but you are guaranteed to win £1M .... or you can get your stake back if you don't!
Blue&WhiteSea
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Not quite all of your stake if you take into account inflation, you also miss out on the magic of compounding
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
"you are guaranteed to win £1m" is an incorrect statement!
If only that were true.
"Someone will ..." but "you" are most definatly NOT guaranteed to.
Many, many more will win zilch that £1m
Ding Dong !
Boy I'm HOT today !
£200 this month £1400 total for the year giving me a 3% return.
I got £250. my daughter £25, and my ex £50, all on max holding. No cartwheels being turned.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
i've had a few hundred/thousand for many years and scooped around £25 one in a blue moon. When I lumped in extra to make my holding £9k i started wining something every other month.
| balance | trans | winnings | |
May-23 | 1907 | 130 | 0 |
Jun-23 | 2150 | 243 | 0 |
Jul-23 | 2275 | 125 | 0 |
Aug-23 | 2425 | 150 | 0 |
Sep-23 | 2525 | 100 | 0 |
Oct-23 | 2700 | 175 | 0 |
Nov-23 | 2825 | 125 | 0 |
Dec-23 | 2925 | 100 | 0 |
Jan-24 | 3050 | 125 | 0 |
Feb-24 | 3425 | 375 | 0 |
Mar-24 | 8725 | 5300 | 0 |
Apr-24 | 9000 | 275 | 0 |
May-24 | 9100 | 100 | 0 |
Jun-24 | 9225 | 125 | 0 |
Jul-24 | 9325 | 100 | 150 |
Aug-24 | 9630 | 305 | 25 |
Sep-24 | 9805 | 175 | 25 |
Oct-24 | 10163 | 358 | 0 |
Nov-24 | 11031 | 868 | 100 |
Dec-24 | 12210 | 1179 | 0 |
Obviously, otherwise we'd all be millionaires on a £100 holding... but my sentence in full read "or you get your money back".
Cheeky £100 - That's £1500 so far this calendar year on £30k