Premium Bond Winner ?

eskbanker

Well pardon me for posting facts in response to an opinion misrepresented as fact!

Ifts

£75 (3 x £25) on 50K

concorde1966

So the first draw they were eligible for was Oct 17 and this is what I’ve won...
Oct 17 - zero
Nov 17 - zero
Dec 17 - £25
Jan 18 - zero
Feb 18 - £25
Mar 18 - zero
Apr, May, Jun, Jul 18 - zero
Aug 18 - £75 (3 x £25)
Total £150
I’m pleased with that. Interestingly the bonds that won were all from the £11,000 block.

concorde1966

By the way I have £11,575 in total

concorde1966

Oh, I won in Mar 18 - £25

18cc

Yes of course the chance of a newer number winning is much higher than an older number in Any Given draw simply because there are a lot more newer bonds and a lot fewer older ones

Date of purchase is not fed into the random number generator earnie

beedeedee

I find the opposite.....I've won £300 since Feb and it has all been from old blocks, but yes, from larger blocks rather than smaller blocks....

EachPenny

concorde1966 wrote: »

Interestingly the bonds that won were all from the £11,000 block.

beedeedee wrote: »

I find the opposite.....I've won £300 since Feb and it has all been from old blocks, but yes, from larger blocks rather than smaller blocks....

If a blindfolded man with a loaded machine gun pulls the trigger while standing in a room full of animals, he is more likely to hit an elephant than an ant.

polymaff

EachPenny wrote: »

If a blindfolded man with a loaded machine gun pulls the trigger while standing in a room full of animals, he is more likely to hit an elephant than an ant.

Ants eat elephants, but not vice versa. So he'd have to be quick with that machine gun if he didn't want to be trampled to death by a terrified elephant.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/7978003/Elephants-scared-of-ants.html

concorde1966

Just wondered how Ernie knows when to stop generating the numbers? What if it generates numbers that are not valid bond numbers?