Premium Bond Winner ?

uberzoldat

See here for the thread.

kenshaz

davelewis wrote:

Thanks both - i am still in shock from my 6 wins!!! (Would be nice to hit the big one though!!)

so close and yet so far away

kenshaz

davelewis wrote:

Thanks both - i am still in shock from my 6 wins!!! (Would be nice to hit the big one though!!)

The odds of winning six £50 in a month must be greater than winning the big one ,but not the reward,think you dealt to soon

kenshaz

loopyloo wrote:

I bought £5000 worth in January. Won £100 in June and £50 this month. Nice interest rate for me so far. Had a tenners worth since i was about 5 and never won with them

That proves the point that Ernie favours new numbers

meanmachine_2

kenshaz wrote:

The odds of winning six £50 in a month must be greater than winning the big one ,but not the reward,think you dealt to soon

Er not quite.

The odds of winning the big one are something like 30 billion to one.

The odds of a maximum holding winning £300 of prizes is probably around 4 to one.

ManAtHome

kenshaz wrote:

That proves the point that Ernie favours new numbers

Well it proves you're more likely to win with 5,000 'tickets' than 10...

uberzoldat

According to the premium bond website -

"Each £1 Bond number has an equal chance of winning, regardless of when it was bought. Bonds purchased more recently may seem to win more often, but this is because there are more new Bonds than old ones. Since the £1 million jackpot prize was introduced in April 1994, more Bonds have been sold than in the preceding 37 years put together."

Whether you believe that or not is another matter, I suppose.

PixieFace

my sisters, my mum and I each have £10. Very very old bonds, I think from the early 80's. We won £50 on one lot in 2000. We have a deal that whatever the win we split it between the four of us, so i got a nice £12.50 to put towards my shopping while I was at uni!!!!

hilary1

I've got £100 of bond from about 12 years ago and won £50 8 years ago. Nothing since so am thinking of cashing it in and putting it in hte bank - but what if I miss a million pound win??

iggy

Just won £50 with my 2000 bonds i've had since September.
And the best thing is,it's £2000 from my Stooze Pot. :j

Iggy