Please help MSE test revamped tool: Premium Bond Probability Calculator

Former_MSE_Dan

Hi folks,

We've been workiing on a big upgrade to our Premium bond Calculator. As well as a really funky facelift (hopefully you'll agree?!), we've now displayed the results in what is a hopefully much more user-friendly way, and added a second calculation (the right hand column) which lets bond holders see how lucky they have been so far.
It's now pretty much finished (we hope!), so anybody has five minutes to have a play with it, especially to find any bugs or glitches, or just let us know what you think, that would be fantastic. Here's the link:

www.premiumbondcalculator.com

Please feedback below any of the bugs you find, and anything else you want to say

Thanks folks

Dan

spalding

Looking good really builds on what was a very useful toll already

Well done MSE

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Someone has an awful lot of spare time on their hands??


Nice colours though.

phlash

Mine tells me I would win NOTHING in one year!

Bit cruel!

Reaper

Looks good. Not entirely surprised to see the £1 premium bond I was given at birth has a less than stellar chance of ever winning anything!

grintricha

nothing happens for me when i click the how lucky am i button - I'm using firefox 2point something (and thinking in russian)

UnderPressure

Hi Dan

It looks great the chalkboard look is very user friendly, could not find any bugs as such but have to say I have always thought this tool is totally misleading and I think there should be a greater emphasis but on the tool to get the point across that it is purely a "luck" based system people really need to understand and appreciate this, as said to me the tool is very misleading.............

but very well designed well done

Sowilo_2

Got some premium bonds 32 years ago and never won anything on either of them. :rotfl:

whitewing

I have got £1300 (win nothing in a year), but £1400 would give something.

It's quite depressing now compared to the graph. It would certainly dissuade me from buying them. I got £1200 earlier this month having looked at the old style (as I needed to put it away and wanted to have some fun rather than boring savings)

Can you put on the NOTHING message how much you would need to have to start winning (as in average luck) for that time period?

MSE_Martin

whitewing wrote: »

I have got £1300 (win nothing in a year), but £1400 would give something.

It's quite depressing now compared to the graph. It would certainly dissuade me from buying them. I got £1200 earlier this month having looked at the old style (as I needed to put it away and wanted to have some fun rather than boring savings)

Can you put on the NOTHING message how much you would need to have to start winning (as in average luck) for that time period?

To be honest I think the reason it is depressing is because those are the results, not because of how we portray it - the truth is on 50% or more of people will win nothing over a year in your situation.

whitewing

lol, I know all that but I still like to think I'm one in 40 billion!