TSB Dream Fund Prize Draw (September 2025)

beario

0765peter said:

beario said:

I also entered and had about 40 entries. It was a lot of hassle, actually, moving the money around with the limits of each bank. I've heard NOTHING.

Did you hear anything from TSB as I would have thought with 40 entries and 155 prizes your chances of winning at least 1 of them would have been good.

I've had nothing  :'(

0765peter

beario said:

0765peter said:

beario said:

I also entered and had about 40 entries. It was a lot of hassle, actually, moving the money around with the limits of each bank. I've heard NOTHING.

Did you hear anything from TSB as I would have thought with 40 entries and 155 prizes your chances of winning at least 1 of them would have been good.

I've had nothing  :'(

I find the fact you have heard nothing almost unbelievable with the amount of entries you had. It would appear there are numerous persons on this forum who entered and have not heard anything. There is nothing on the TSB webpage regarding the prize draw and their chat on the App is closed over the weekend but when using this previously they were not forthcoming with any information and just said keep checking your email if you entered. 

Something does not seem right with this draw, putting £5k in per entry and not receiving any confirmation that you were included in the draw. The draw was done on the 20th October but they were not making winners known for a month on the 20th November - for what reason would this be I wonder. They stated on their Facebook forum that the results would be published on the 27th November but this is not stated anywhere else and certainly not in the rules.
I would of expected TSB to have made a big thing about the draw as giving away 5 x £10k, 50 x £250 & 100 x £100 is something to advertise and increase membership but there has been very little made of it that I have seen. Surely everything is above board and TSB have acted with integrity but would really like to hear that others have won.

danny13579

They had up to 20th November to inform winners, if indeed there were any winners at all.

I've been following these types of draws (e.g. TSB, Halifax, Co-op, Danske, Santander, First Direct) and have never heard anything of there being any winners of any of them.

Some claim to have a list of winners but you either have to go to a branch to get it, in which case the branch you go to to enquire has no idea about it or you have to send in a stamped self addressed envelope, thereby costing you nearly £2 to get a list of initials.

I take these draws with a very large pinch of salt. For this one I just did the postal entry and then forgot about it.

wmb194

danny13579 said:

They had up to 20th November to inform winners, if indeed there were any winners at all.

I've been following these types of draws (e.g. TSB, Halifax, Co-op, Danske, Santander, First Direct) and have never heard anything of there being any winners of any of them.

Some claim to have a list of winners but you either have to go to a branch to get it, in which case the branch you go to to enquire has no idea about it or you have to send in a stamped self addressed envelope, thereby costing you nearly £2 to get a list of initials.

I take these draws with a very large pinch of salt. For this one I just did the postal entry and then forgot about it.

I've won in these sorts of prize draws: £100 in 2021 from Nationwide and £100 in 2022 from TSB. I suspect people are underestimating just how many people have balances of £5k+ with TSB. 

wmb194

danny13579 said:

wmb194 said:

I've won in these sorts of prize draws: £100 in 2021 from Nationwide and £100 in 2022 from TSB. I suspect people are underestimating just how many people have balances of £5k+ with TSB. 

I'm talking proper prizes, not Mickey Mouse prizes like these.

The odds of winning a Mickey Mouse prize is slim and a, "proper " prize even slimmer so why are you surprised?

biopolami

wmb194 said:

danny13579 said:

They had up to 20th November to inform winners, if indeed there were any winners at all.

I've been following these types of draws (e.g. TSB, Halifax, Co-op, Danske, Santander, First Direct) and have never heard anything of there being any winners of any of them.

Some claim to have a list of winners but you either have to go to a branch to get it, in which case the branch you go to to enquire has no idea about it or you have to send in a stamped self addressed envelope, thereby costing you nearly £2 to get a list of initials.

I take these draws with a very large pinch of salt. For this one I just did the postal entry and then forgot about it.

I've won in these sorts of prize draws: £100 in 2021 from Nationwide and £100 in 2022 from TSB. I suspect people are underestimating just how many people have balances of £5k+ with TSB. 

You had to have deposited 5k during the month of September and keep it there until midnight on the 30th to get an entry. That would rule out accumulated balances and most income. 

You didn't however have to opt in, so people would have been entered without knowing. Insurance payouts, inheritance and property sales would likely have scored some people a lot of entries. If you're smart with your money though no one would be keeping it in a TSB account, there are far higher interest rates elsewhere.

wmb194

biopolami said:

wmb194 said:

danny13579 said:

They had up to 20th November to inform winners, if indeed there were any winners at all.

I've been following these types of draws (e.g. TSB, Halifax, Co-op, Danske, Santander, First Direct) and have never heard anything of there being any winners of any of them.

Some claim to have a list of winners but you either have to go to a branch to get it, in which case the branch you go to to enquire has no idea about it or you have to send in a stamped self addressed envelope, thereby costing you nearly £2 to get a list of initials.

I take these draws with a very large pinch of salt. For this one I just did the postal entry and then forgot about it.

I've won in these sorts of prize draws: £100 in 2021 from Nationwide and £100 in 2022 from TSB. I suspect people are underestimating just how many people have balances of £5k+ with TSB. 

You had to have deposited 5k during the month of September and keep it there until midnight on the 30th to get an entry. That would rule out accumulated balances and most income. 

You didn't however have to opt in, so people would have been entered without knowing. Insurance payouts, inheritance and property sales would likely have scored some people a lot of entries. If you're smart with your money though no one would be keeping it in a TSB account, there are far higher interest rates elsewhere.

You'd be surprised: I know someone who keeps their life savings in their current account. There are plenty of people who aren't savvy with money or are too rich to care about £5k+ in a lousy account. 

TSB's investors page says it has 5m(!) customers. With such poor odds of winning you'd only need a small proportion of a customer base that size on 30/09 into 01/10 holding £5k+ in an account to make your already slim chances even slimmer.

https://www.tsb.co.uk/investors.html

danny13579

wmb194 said:

TSB's investors page says it has 5m(!) customers. With such poor odds of winning you'd only need a small proportion of a customer base that size on 30/09 into 01/10 holding £5k+ in an account to make your already slim chances even slimmer.

But they wouldn't be eligible unless they moved £5k+ into their accounts during September and left it there until the beginning of October. Just holding £5k+ in the account on 30/09 into 01/10 isn't enough.

friolento

danny13579 said:

wmb194 said:

TSB's investors page says it has 5m(!) customers. With such poor odds of winning you'd only need a small proportion of a customer base that size on 30/09 into 01/10 holding £5k+ in an account to make your already slim chances even slimmer.

But they wouldn't be eligible unless they moved £5k+ into their accounts during September and left it there until the beginning of October. Just holding £5k+ in the account on 30/09 into 01/10 isn't enough.

Many will have just sent their address to the TSB Freepost address. That was enough to qualify.

danny13579

friolento said:

Many will have just sent their address to the TSB Freepost address. That was enough to qualify.

I am one of those many, not that it made any difference! 🙄 I don't think it was freepost though.