Premium Bond Winner ?

jackrack

Average (we all know this is skewed!) is now 3.8% with PBs now... not great. Easy access cash Isas are 4.5% odd now... now may be the time for me to withdraw myself.

eskbanker

MoneyMan01 said:

eskbanker said:

MoneyMan01 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

MoneyMan01 said:

eskbanker said:

MoneyMan01 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

Full Holding

Jan £25
Feb £0
Mar £50
Apr £25
May £475 (6 prizes: 4 x £100, £50, £25)
June £50

Hoenir

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

Rubbish £25 on FH. Disappointing 

Kim_13

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

Nothing this month on £5K 🤷‍♀️

KK

WindfallWendy

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

£150 for me and £250 for OH, both FH