Premium Bond Winner ?

meadowcat

£100 since 1980 - nothing. DD bought £100 18 months ago and won £50 shortly after.

trademark

seen this !!!!!!!!

Press release
£1 MILLION PREMIUM BONDS JACKPOT GOES TO BERKSHIRE WINNER
05 May 2005
1 million other tax-free prizes worth almost £70m also awarded

Winning Bond number 6TY523006
Date Bond number bought April 2004
Winner’s location Berkshire

The winner of May’s £1 million tax-free Premium Bond jackpot prize is a male pensioner from Berkshire and they become ERNIE’s 134th millionaire. The winning number is 6TY523006 and was bought in April 2004. The winner holds £30,000 in Premium Bonds.

The winner – whose identity is kept a closely-guarded secret – said: “This is such a great surprise. I put some money into ERNIE when I retired hoping Premium Bonds would boost my monthly income but I never expected to win big!

“I will definitely treat myself with some of the winnings, maybe a holiday.”

The winner was told last night in person by Agent Million, the mystery person who pays a personal visit to the winner to give them the good news.

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sounds to me that someone from nsi wrote this ...... i have a bad feeling about the big prizes and if they are actually won or not

does anyone know of a big winner ? ..... why do they not ask them to go public ?.... some lottery winners do and camelot love it ....

ive never seen or heard of a winner ...even after scouring the net ....nothing on tv ... nothing in the papers ...just a para or two on the nsi web page ......

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[Deleted User]

Hi All

After recently investing in PB I won £50 in the first draw, December, and 2 x £50 in January. Here's hoping February will be third time lucky for the big one!

Regards, Paul

davelewis

Hello

I've been logging onto this site for ages but have not until now posted anything!!! Here goes...

I too am lucky enough to have the max £30k in premium bonds - sold a house and put the lot in. Am currently a full time law student - so probably one of the better off students!!

I agree with a lot of the previous posters. I too thought i would put in my £30k and be guaranteed a big prize - but no. In reality i have only ever had a maximum of £100 win - normally £50 a month and some months no win at all.

Invested in June 2005 from then

July 2005 - £100 (2 x £50)
Aug 2005 - £100 (2 x £50)
Sep 2005 - 0
Oct 2005 - £50
Nov 2005 - £50
Dec 2005 - 0
Jan 2006 - £50

I noticed that since Alan Sugar did the TV advert in July/Aug - winnings seem less - due to massive interest in them. They used to be called Britains best kept secret - not any more!!

I also thought like many of you that if you bought in big blocks (i.e. £5k blocks) that you have consecutive numbers and a better chance to win.

Oh well. It is nice to look forward to the 1st of the month anyway.

Cheers

dave

Sabrina

I am a student with £6000 that I quite fancied buying some Premium Bonds with. I seem to get a fairly poor rate of return from my ISA and PBs seemed like a good idea as you also have a chance of winning big.

Should I invest in PBs or put it in a savings account? (as I wouldn't have to pay tax?) I've looked at Martin's articles and tips on high-interest savings accounts and am pretty bamboozled to be honest. I don't need instant access to this money...anyone any advice on which accounts on whether I should just plump for Premium Bonds?

ManAtHome

If you have "average luck", you'll only be in front if you're a higher-rate taxpayer. I've ended up with about the same return as a decent savings account, but only need to win a grand (or more) to be well up...

welshgirlcats1

I wonder if any of us will win tomorrow

marion

Dan29

welshgirlcats1 wrote:

I wonder if any of us will win tomorrow

marion

Let's hope so - if I win a million you can all have a tenner

batty_2

got £4,000 had them since 1990 i get 4 £50 wins a year every year

innovate

Dan29 wrote:

Let's hope so - if I win a million you can all have a tenner

:eek: :eek: :eek: that could leave you with nothing left, the way the MSE subscriber numbers are going