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£150 on FH. Not as bad as I anticipated. That makes £475 so far this year.1
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£175 on 38k & DH £225 on 44k so pretty decent2
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My first non winning month since last May with a full holding since October. April is the only month in which I have never won a single prize!1
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£125 for me (2 x £50 + 1 x £25) on £22k. Rolling year return back up a bit to 5.23%.
As I've now done 3 full years, that's 52 prizes from 36 draws - giving an average annual return of 4.58% - brought down by the first year being 2.95%. But the middle year was 5.56% - so my own pattern pretty much follows interest rate history.
I am seeing (in my own results at least) a drop in the size of prizes (which is how they reduce the return), in 2024 I had 8 x £100 prizes and no £25s. This year, to date, I've had no £100s but several £25s.3 -
I won £650 on £40,600!!!!!!!!!!At last, after six years of slowly building up from £20k and never winning a prize of over £200 in any one month 😅
Apr 24 - £150
May 24 - £200
Jun 24 - £150
Jul 24 - £125
Aug 24 - £100
Sep 24 - £200
Oct 24 - £0
Nov 24 - £100
Dec 24 - £125
Jan 25 - £100
Feb 25 - £100
Mar 25 - £50
Apr 25 - £6507 -
£200 on FH, I continue to closely track median returns. I think1
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£275 (2 x £100, £50, £25) on a holding of £46k. £675 this year so far.2
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£150 for me(£100, 2x £25).
£550 so far this calendar year.
£2,350 in the 10 months since I've been on full holding.
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Second month in a row of £0 on £30k holding. Missus got £100 on £50k.Annoying!
Date Winings HoldingMay-24 £100 £50,000
Jun-24 £250 £25,000
Jul-24 £0 £25,000
Aug-24 £50 £26,000
Sep-24 £100 £26,000
Oct-24 £0 £26,000
Nov-24 £25 £30,000
Dec-24 £350 £30,000
Jan-25 £50 £30,000
Feb-25 £175 £30,000
Mar-25 £0 £30,000
Apr-25 £0 £30,000
If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.3 -
Sometimes when you check very early it hasn't updated properly - either the month or the amount has stayed the same. If you have won exactly the same as last month, check again.taylornj said:Looks like I won £200 same as last month, £100, £50 2x £25. The winnings for the year are £2200 or 4.4% on full holding. As interest on savings exceed the zero tax bands I would have been paying tax on interest, £440 at basic rate.1
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