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2 thirds of PB holders have never won anything....Which report...just for info really..
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gravel_2 said:I have 5 PBs from when I was 2 years old and have won nowt. I imagine there are plenty in the same position skewing it down.
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Assuming the prize rates never changed, holding £50k for one year would produce exactly the same probabilities of winnings (about £1950 with median luck) as holding one bond for 50000 years (or indeed, collectively for 50000 people each holding a bond for a year only 78 or fewer would expect to win a prize each year with median luck).
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I held 400 bonds for 12 years, never won a penny, I then bought to the full 50k, as did my husband. We win something every month now.2
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comeandgo said:I held 400 bonds for 12 years, never won a penny, I then bought to the full 50k, as did my husband. We win something every month now.0
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I had £5 worth of bonds as a christening present and won nothing for the next 60 years. When I added £49,995 to it I found I was winning nearly every month.
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My current winning streak is 21 consecutive months, my best is 27.0
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pbcpdeveloper said:My current winning streak is 21 consecutive months, my best is 27.I purchashed £50 of PB each month for 2 years and won nothing. The moment I stopped buying, I had a £50 win?!Not won anything since, but still holding the old bonds~ NSD 2025 - NSD July 21/20 (6 x💯)# Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:# No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1634.34 / £2025 (58%) (3) 💯💯+# No.12 Save £2 a Day 2025 2025: £730/ £730 💯# No.27 Save 1p A Day 2025 £667.95 / £667.95 💯# No.19 52 Week Env Challenge £1378 / £1378 💯# No.34 Save £12k in 2025 £13,429.74 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing0
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Hard to take the Which article seriously if they think you get paid in beans... ;-)0
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