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Premium Bond Winner ?

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  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 37,846 Forumite
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    edited 3 June at 1:28PM
    eskbanker said:
    Is there a way we can run a poll on here, so we can then see what % of people on this forum that have premium bonds have actually won a high value prize? 
    To what end?

    They're obviously not very frequent but there have been numerous mentions on this thread of decent wins - however, posts are made by people who have different sizes of holdings, over different periods, etc, so it's not particularly practical to derive any meaningful statistics....
    Curiosity. 

    I'd like to see what % of people on here have been a high value prize winner. Has anyone on here ever been?
    As above, yes, such wins have been mentioned on here, but based on the current prize structure, only one holder out of every 645 ought to win a high value (£5K or above) prize each year, so it would take an extraordinary level of response to a forum poll to support any meaningful conclusions!  Don't let me stop you though, there's nothing preventing you from starting a thread with a poll....

    Edit: here's an example, a £10K winner in March:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81325403/#Comment_81325403
  • Middle_of_the_Road
    Middle_of_the_Road Posts: 1,201 Forumite
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    eskbanker said:
    Is there a way we can run a poll on here, so we can then see what % of people on this forum that have premium bonds have actually won a high value prize? 
    To what end?

    They're obviously not very frequent but there have been numerous mentions on this thread of decent wins - however, posts are made by people who have different sizes of holdings, over different periods, etc, so it's not particularly practical to derive any meaningful statistics....

    Curiosity. 

    I'd like to see what % of people on here have been a high value prize winner. Has anyone on here ever been?
    Here you are...

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6610667/premium-bond-higher-prize-winner#latest
  • JayS24
    JayS24 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    Full Holding

    Jan £25
    Feb £0
    Mar £50
    Apr £25
    May £475 (6 prizes: 4 x £100, £50, £25)
    June £50
  • Hoenir
    Hoenir Posts: 7,742 Forumite
    1,000 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper
    Full Holding £50k

    2025
    Jan -   £75
    Feb - £200
    Mar - £100
    Apr - £50
    May - £125
    June - £100

    YTD - £650

    2024 - £2,725    Yield 5.45% 

    Months without a blank - 18
  • Cressida100
    Cressida100 Posts: 347 Forumite
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    Rubbish £25 on FH. Disappointing  :(
  • Kim_13
    Kim_13 Posts: 3,607 Forumite
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    A slightly less rubbish £75 on FH. Really wanted £300 to max out a Regular Saver with it, but alas parent (also FH) won that £300 instead.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,227 Forumite
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    Nothing this month on £5K 🤷‍♀️

    KK
    As at 15.09.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £230,969
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,270 Interest saved £5,816 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 55 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th September
    Produce tracker: £389 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • WindfallWendy
    WindfallWendy Posts: 181 Forumite
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    Yet again, my OH completely trumps me. He got £300 this month with his £37000 holding. I got £50 on my £30k holding.

    He's had £900 since December. 
    I've had £300 over the same time period.

    But can't grumble. I'm fully expecting a long drought of winnings soon....
  • Sunshine_and_Roses
    Sunshine_and_Roses Posts: 1,039 Forumite
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    £150 for me and £250 for OH, both FH
  • lr1277
    lr1277 Posts: 2,193 Forumite
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    £0 on a £11.6k holding.

    So that is a recent history of:
    Jun 2025 - £0
    May 2025 - £25
    Apr 2025 - £25
    Mar 2025 - £25
    Feb 2025 - £100
    Jan 2025 - £25
    Dec 2024 - £50

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