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  • Black_Cat2
    Black_Cat2 Posts: 558
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    Seems to me you get wins in the first few months then a long period of nothing? 🤔
    Just my opinion, no offence 🐈
  • gt94sss2
    gt94sss2 Posts: 6,524
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    I have had the max holding in bonds for two months now - and not a single prize yet.
    Obviously I'm not very lucky..
  • London7766551
    London7766551 Posts: 328
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    edited 3 October 2020 at 6:28PM
    Another £25, four or five months in a row of wins now. One month 2x£25 on 12/13k holding. Will see if the wins carry on as the bonds age. Happy with it so far!

    I should add I previously held about 10K of different bonds a few years ago and won once in about three years.
  • duncan48
    duncan48 Posts: 19
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    First month for me, won 5 lots of £25.00. So, a lucky start I guess! Fingers crossed it continues....
  • Ifts
    Ifts Posts: 1,963
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    £25 on max holding
    Never let the perfume of the premium overpower the odour of the risk
  • onthebench
    onthebench Posts: 113
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    Alter_ego said:
    After £25 in Aug and £25 in September, nothing for me in October on £6,300. Have put another £3k in for November's draw, despite the impending reduction in prize fund.
    Sorry too late for Nov draw now unless it's already in.
    I put it in before the end of September so it will be in for November draw. The last draw before the odds are vastly lengthened :(
  • Hi all. Recent new investor and I've been lucky enough to win my first........ £25. I thought I was setup to re-invest any winnings in new bonds but I've had a new payment come into my bank account - but for just 47p ? Nothing else was expected and it seems to be from NS&I judging by the transaction description so can anyone confirm that for your first win they action a 'test transaction' first before issuing the balance later ?
  • I don't recall receiving a test payment but if you used the same account to buy your PBs.  Why would they need to do this?
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  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,721
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    I think the website is niot operating properly for instructing payments Into bank accounts.  Two months ago both my husband and I instructed them via the website option, to pay any future winnings I to iur bank accounts as we are now fully invested.   For two months we,ve both been lucky enough to Win £25 yet the paper warrants still keep coming  Seems totally impossible  to reach anybody by phone to sort it out.  Wondering if most of the staff are still working from home?
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