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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    Westin wrote: »
    :sad: getting fed up with Premium Bonds

    2012 - 1.66% return
    2013 - 0.825% return

    Since holding with first bond bought in 1977! - never had more than a £25 value win.

    Maximum holding for the past 4 years.

    PANTS! :(

    only a small number of gamblers can win against the house.
  • opinions4u
    opinions4u Posts: 19,411 Forumite
    Westin wrote: »
    :sad: getting fed up with Premium Bonds

    2012 - 1.66% return
    2013 - 0.825% return

    Since holding with first bond bought in 1977! - never had more than a £25 value win.

    Maximum holding for the past 4 years.

    PANTS! :(
    So above average in 2012.

    Below average in 2013.
  • Archi_Bald
    Archi_Bald Posts: 9,681 Forumite
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    pimento wrote: »
    Every month my account doesn't show the current month until much later than everyone else.

    My log in account is still only showing December.

    Don't worry, they always seem to take a few working days to update everyone's accounts.
  • Zars
    Zars Posts: 39 Forumite
    Checked the score today - nothing in Jan..
    On a 30K holding i got zero wins for the last 3 months, a little disappointed.. not the best start to the year but i'm still optimistic..
  • innovate
    innovate Posts: 16,217 Forumite
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    1.25% in 2013 for my £30k holding.
  • mikb
    mikb Posts: 637 Forumite
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    Zars wrote: »
    Checked the score today - nothing in Jan..
    On a 30K holding i got zero wins for the last 3 months, a little disappointed.. not the best start to the year but i'm still optimistic..

    Nothing for aaaaages. I'm one of those people that seems to be on ERNIEs list for "give 'em a one quick prize within 3 months of buying, then ignore them".

    Now I know statistically that it shouldn't happen. I don't believe in such silly myths. But it's mighty suss when it happens :)
  • tell_it_how_it_is
    tell_it_how_it_is Posts: 555 Forumite
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    I took what was intended to be a six month £5k punt from the start of last year.

    I won £25 in Jan, Feb and Mar. Then £25 in Jul. But nothing in the six months since! Strange pattern. :)

    I've withdrawn £4k today. :)
    “In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing at all.” - Roosevelt
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,946 Forumite
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    Strange, We got the FIL £2000 worth. He has won several times. I think £25 each time.

    Yet my dad has had some for many years and never won anything.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    £25 for hubby this month :)
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
    Member #10 of £2 savers club
    Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
  • innovate
    innovate Posts: 16,217 Forumite
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    edited 7 January 2014 at 9:17AM
    forgotmyname wrote: »
    Strange, We got the FIL £2000 worth. He has won several times. I think £25 each time.

    Yet my dad has had some for many years and never won anything.
    It's what you call pot luck. It is a lottery, albeit one where the chance of losing your stakes is a lot lower than in the national lottery.
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