Premium Bond rate boosted from 1.15% to 1.4% – should you pile in?

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3 of those were in consecutive months.
All this on a holding of 7k.
The more I learn, the more I grow.
The more I grow, the more I see.
The more I see, the more I know.
The more I know, the more I see,
How little I know.!!
great website, you have saved and made me a tidy sum over the years, ive come to see it as my 'go to' place for all advice, what ever you say now, i act on, and i've not known you never been wrong yet. so thanks.
£1 in the 60s bought a lot more than it does today, so as inflation ate away at their value I was faced with cashing them in to cut my losses or hanging on to hope for a win. I decided that the £2 was worth so little that I might as well hang on.
After 50 odd years I am still hanging.
By saving money directly from my bank account over many years, and by re-investing all wins under £5000 , I have managed to build a total of £30,000. Since April this year I have received 11 prizes of £25, one of £50, and one of £100.
Last month the single £1 bond given to me as a wedding present in 1957, one of the first issued, won £25. So older bonds do sometimes win.
Good luck to everyone, hope you have a great win.
2013-2014 £150
2014-2015 £175
2015-2016 £225
2016-2017 £775
2017-2018 £325 Year To Date
I wonder if it is statistically significant (i.e. improves your 'luck') that we seem to be 'winning' more now that we have 2 sets of 50k continuous bond numbers? (we cashed our collection of various sized bonds 16 months ago and then bought the full 50k each to get continuous bond numbers)
We have had PBs in various sizes for at least a decade and the general return has always been around the PB prize fund interest rate.