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https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082245/http://www.nsandi.com/press-room/premiumbonds50/history_pb.jsp is an old page which includes changes to the minimum number:
1956 - £1
1972 - £2
1976 - £5
1993 - £100
I don't know if there were others as well as these, as £5 to £100 in one jump seems steep!1 -
No Blank months for a little while, then, as in bus style, 3 in a row, Holding £7400
Corduroy pillows are making headlines! Back home in London now after 27years wait! Duvet know it's Christmas, not original, it's a cover.0 -
Best get used to it, according to https://premiumbondsprizes.com/detailed#7400 you should only expect prizes in three months per year, with average luck and current prize fund distribution!arthurdick said:No Blank months for a little while, then, as in bus style, 3 in a row, Holding £74000 -
£1150 this month on FH (1x £1000, 1x £100, 1x £50)
Other draws since I started having Premium Bonds (all with full holding):
July 2025: £325 (3x £100, 1x £25)
June 2025: £25
May 2025: £75 (1x £50, 1x £25)
A surprisingly decent amount of luck!6 -
I believe there may have been a £25 minimum prior to 1993 as my Business Studies teacher mentioned a £25 minimum in 1996, not realising the minimum had been increased to £100. Certainly £10 worth could be purchased as late as 1987, as I was bought £10 of bonds by my parents in that year. Of course the minimum has been put back to £25 now.eskbanker said:https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082245/http://www.nsandi.com/press-room/premiumbonds50/history_pb.jsp is an old page which includes changes to the minimum number:
1956 - £1
1972 - £2
1976 - £5
1993 - £100
I don't know if there were others as well as these, as £5 to £100 in one jump seems steep!0 -
I was bought a £10 bond (which until 2018 was my entire holding) in November 1992.0
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Morning, what no comments on the 1M pound winners? It wasn't me. will have to wait until tomorrow to check.0
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No big prizes for me either. Looks like I'll have to wait at least a month until I retire...
Congratulations to the person in Bedfordshire who has £4 in Premium Bonds and won £10,000. Only had to wait from 1963 to now for the win. Hopefully NS&I has up to date contact details for them.0 -
Chieveley said:Morning, what no comments on the 1M pound winners? It wasn't me. will have to wait until tomorrow to check.
Wasn't me, nor any big prizes, though there were two £1000 winners in my county with the same total holding and same bond value, both purchased within a couple of months of my purchase of the same amount that caused me to double check.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
One £50 win on full holding.
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