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Terry98

Link to the website version https://www.nsandi.com/prize-checker

1882

Ifts wrote: »

Last month I got the email:



on the 5th of the month.

I take it that you know they have to be held for a full calendar month before they become eligible for the prize draw - so for you to be eligible for October's prize draw you would have needed to have bought them in August and then held for September.

Because you have to hold them for a whole calendar month before they become eligible for the prize draw, when I want to buy some online, I do it on the last day of the month.

Yup, bought them at the end of August, fingers crossed.

Apodemus

eskbanker wrote: »

Bear in mind that if you're in a hurry to find out draw results, the prize checker app has already been updated (it happens at midnight) and I think the website version also updates at the same time, even though the emails follow several days later....

...And if you had won big, they would have contacted you last night!

1882

No email received yet but on logging into my account 2 x £25 wins which puts me well ahead of the game. Will probably get nowt for the next 6 months but I'm happy.

eskbanker

Ifts wrote: »

Last month I got the email [...] on the 5th of the month.

londoninvestor wrote: »

Sounds about right, it seems to be somewhere between the 3rd-6th of the month in general.

1882 wrote: »

No email received yet

It looks to me like the emails are generally sent out early in the morning (later in weeks with bank holidays) after the second working day of each month so I predict that you'll get them tomorrow morning between about 6am and 8am!

MisterMotivated

Had never used the prize checker before, but have just tried it and it seems I've won another £25

1882

eskbanker wrote: »

.... I predict that you'll get them tomorrow morning between about 6am and 8am!

A rubbish prediction they came in 5.24 and 5.25 :beer:

londoninvestor

eskbanker wrote: »

It looks to me like the emails are generally sent out early in the morning (later in weeks with bank holidays) after the second working day of each month so I predict that you'll get them tomorrow morning between about 6am and 8am!

And guess what appeared in my inbox at 6.01am?

droopsnoot

I usually find that the email arrives shortly after I check on the web site, regardless of how many days into the new month I remember to check. It must be coincidence, but it doesn't seem like it.

MisterMotivated

Out of curiosity, are prizes eligible for the following month's draw, or do they have to wait 2 months due to being paid just after the beginning of the calendar month?