Premium Bond Winner ?

andrewsummers

I've owned premium bonds for a couple of years now and I've won some good prizes (average £75 a month) and I trying to encourage a friend to buy some premium bonds but he was put off by trustpilot. There are 118 reviews of NS and I and 85% give it a 1 out of 5!


I have never had a problem with NS and I but then again I have not yet with drawn any money which I think most of the reviewers have the problem with. Has anyone here had a problem with withdrawing money?

6022tivo

Nope, couple of clicks and it's bank in my back account.

inflationbuster

Won £75 on £50K yielding 1.8% (£900)

Previous wins
18/19: May £50, Jun £75, Jul £75, Aug £200, Sep £25, Oct £150, Nov £75, Dec £0, Jan £50, Feb £50
17/18: 0.9% - Nov £25, Dec £75, Jan £25, Feb £100, Mar £25, Apr £125

inflationbuster

Premium Bonds' Ernie through the years

The first Premium Bond was sold over 60 years ago and now the fifth iteration of the number generator Ernie has been launched.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-37838778/premium-bonds-ernie-through-the-years

inflationbuster

Meet ERNIE 5: The tiny new microchip choosing Premium Bonds winners

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-01/meet-ernie-5-the-tiny-new-microchip-choosing-premium-bonds-winners/

And ERNIE 5 can now select its winners in just 12 minutes.

Its previous four generations all used thermal noise to produce its numbers at random, while ERNIE 5 is powered by quantum technology using light.

No excuse not to release the winning bonds the same time as ThisIsMoney !

taylornj

Won £75 on £50k, £650 over 1yr 1.3%.

polymaff

inflationbuster wrote: »

Meet ERNIE 5: The tiny new microchip choosing Premium Bonds winners

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-01/meet-ernie-5-the-tiny-new-microchip-choosing-premium-bonds-winners/

"There are fairly steep odds of winning that coveted £1m prize - in the region of 24,500 to one."


oh, yeah?

eskbanker

polymaff wrote: »

"There are fairly steep odds of winning that coveted £1m prize - in the region of 24,500 to one."


oh, yeah?

I make that about right....








....if a bond is held for about 136,000 years!

Alistair31

2 x £25 on £17k

Crag30

Nowt again on 11.5k