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Premium Bond Winner ?

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  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 37,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Chances are approx. 1 in 100 - suppose someone has to be that person.
    Not sure what that figure is meant to represent (i.e. the chance of exactly what?) but according to http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/premium-bonds-calculator/ there is only a 1 in 22,030 chance of a £5K holding yielding nothing over 5 years, so the odds would be even worse for 70 months rather than 60.
  • zolablue25
    zolablue25 Posts: 1,652 Forumite
    £150 on £26K holding.

    1x£50 and 4x£25

    Good month. :beer:
  • eskbanker wrote: »
    Not sure what that figure is meant to represent (i.e. the chance of exactly what?) but according to http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/premium-bonds-calculator/ there is only a 1 in 22,030 chance of a £5K holding yielding nothing over 5 years, so the odds would be even worse for 70 months rather than 60.
    Made a mistake entering the figures into my Excel formula - apologies. The correct figure for no wins in 70 months on a holding of £5K is 1 in 116,642. This calculation uses the current win probability of 1 in 30,000 so the odds would be even higher if the previous 1 in 26,000 chance was used for earlier years.
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,150 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    £25 x 2 for me and £25 x 4 for OH.
    Make £2025 in 2025
    Prolific £617.02, Octopoints £5.20, TCB £398.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £26.60, Everup £24.91 Zopa CB £30
    Total (4/9/25) £1573.21/£2025 77%

    Make £2024 in 2024
    Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44
    Total £1410/£2024 70%

    Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023  128.8%




  • adonis10
    adonis10 Posts: 1,810 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    eskbanker wrote: »
    Not sure what that figure is meant to represent (i.e. the chance of exactly what?) but according to http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/premium-bonds-calculator/ there is only a 1 in 22,030 chance of a £5K holding yielding nothing over 5 years, so the odds would be even worse for 70 months rather than 60.






    1 in >22k? Jesus, that's made me feel worse!
  • newleaf
    newleaf Posts: 3,132 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    Can I just ask if anyone here has ever won a prize larger than £500?
    Official DFW Nerd No 096 - Proud to have dealt with my debt!
  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    newleaf wrote: »
    Can I just ask if anyone here has ever won a prize larger than £500?

    Certainly you can. Off you go :D
  • Another £25.


    Thats' £225 won now since April 2016 when I put in £8k, now £20k in there.
  • TallGirl
    TallGirl Posts: 6,255 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    First month for my holding of £50k and a big fat 0
    Save £12k in 25 No 49
    PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K  
    Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
    New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest

  • taylornj
    taylornj Posts: 312 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    newleaf wrote: »
    Can I just ask if anyone here has ever won a prize larger than £500?
    £1000 in May 2015 1x£1000 plus 1x £25 that month.
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