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  • polymaff
    polymaff Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    edited 21 February 2020 at 2:56PM
    I've not seen any signs of the new rate disproportionally disadvantaging the lower value prize seekers.  Personally, I'd not shed a tear if both million pound prizes were got rid of - but I'm an investor, not a gambler.
    I notice that the prize fund for March is expected to top £100m - maybe for the first time...
      and ready to drop back after the rate change.... :s
    The ones really suffering will be holders of Income Bonds. Their rate drops by over one third.
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 10,076 Forumite
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    I've had £2 for around 60 years!  Not a win in sight, although I've had a couple of wins with the £5k I bought a couple of years ago.  I am fairly certain I am never going to get rich off them.
  • oli356
    oli356 Posts: 171 Forumite
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    Had an email from Which about the winners for this month, on https://www.nsandi.com/ I can't see March results though, only February. When I log in under prize history it shows nothing. First month my bonds have been 'active', £40k of them, I guess starting off with nothing.
  • 1882
    1882 Posts: 497 Forumite
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    The winners aren't announced until tomorrow so it seems the email was a tad misleading!
  • oli356
    oli356 Posts: 171 Forumite
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    1882 said:
    The winners aren't announced until tomorrow so it seems the email was a tad misleading!
    That is what I thought originally as I had read usually the 2nd working day of the month.

    It mentions the £1m winners at least. 
    This month, the two £1m jackpot prizes were won by bond holders in Cambridgeshire and Norwich.
    The Norwich winner is a woman with investments worth £50,000, and purchased her winning bond number (250KD320334) in July 2015.
    A man in Cambridgeshire is the second millionaire, who has a holding of £15,700. He purchased his winning bond (334AX125846) in July 2018; it’s part of a bond worth just £25.


  • MrMorgan
    MrMorgan Posts: 42 Forumite
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    They usually announce the high value winners a day before the small prizes, its live on the website now:
    www. DOT nsandi DOT COM /prize-checker (link edited because annoyingly im not allowed to post links yet)
    If you scroll down you will see the March High Value Winners tab
  • Jrose1927
    Jrose1927 Posts: 106 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 10 Posts
    The winners of the prizes are available to view now 

    Nothing this month for me :(
  • jeffdavies
    jeffdavies Posts: 32 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    The high value prizes were announced here today - https://www.lovemoney.com/news/13635/premium-bonds-winners-have-i-won
    £1,000,000 down to and including £5,000 winners.
    The low value prizes will be announce tomorrow morning (Wednesday) here - https://www.nsandi.com/prize-checker
    As someone has already mentioned, it would be nicer and much fairer if there was just the one £1,000,000 winner in order for many more lower value prizes to be won. The chances of actually winning £1,000,000 is very, very low.






  • polymaff
    polymaff Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    edited 2 March 2020 at 7:49PM
    Given the heat being generated here, there'd probably be a vote for MORE one million pound prizes. ;)
    Take a sleeping pill, get a good night's sleep and then log in to see whether it is champagne all the way - or just Tizer.
    And be happy that some xxxx managed to win £100,000 on a £1,100 holding... :#


  • oldwally
    oldwally Posts: 106 Forumite
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    I have £13,000 invested now and haven’t won anything for 6 months. 
    I was partly "inspired" by your previous posts,I was working out your averages etc. So wondered what happened  when no more popped up, now I know !
     Ive got 8k,up from about 3k 2 years back. Over the past year had 4 "wins" of 25 quid,so about average,I guess. See what happens in afew hours when the small prizes are announced. Dont think I shall be buying a new 40 inch tv somehow LOL !
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