Premium Bond Winner ?

Speedbird676

Big fat zero this month. The first month out of the seven since I invested maximum holding that I haven't won anything.

AER is now 1.63% across those 7 months.

pbcpdeveloper

Croeso69 said:

pbcpdeveloper said:

Croeso69 said:

My app says "results not yet available please try again later". Strange given others know they have won.

Official app is saying that, unofficial app results have been available since before midnight.

1 x £25 for me on £50k, £100 for this year.

What is the unofficial app?

Thanks

If you have an Android phone, its Premium Bonds Checker Plus.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steveh.pbcp&hl=en

If you only want to see prize results then its free, not as easy to setup as you can't use your NS&I or Holders number, but you can copy your bonds from the NS&I website and paste them into the app.

MrMorgan

2 x £25 on 50K

Croeso69

pbcpdeveloper said:

Croeso69 said:

pbcpdeveloper said:

Croeso69 said:

My app says "results not yet available please try again later". Strange given others know they have won.

Official app is saying that, unofficial app results have been available since before midnight.

1 x £25 for me on £50k, £100 for this year.

What is the unofficial app?

Thanks

If you have an Android phone, its Premium Bonds Checker Plus.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steveh.pbcp&hl=en

If you only want to see prize results then its free, not as easy to setup as you can't use your NS&I or Holders number, but you can copy your bonds from the NS&I website and paste them into the app.

OK thanks. I use an iphone so irrelevant for me.

wiseonesomeofthetime

2x £25 on a £33k holding.

ALL of my wins since Dec 2019, £525 in total, have been from a batch of £30k PBs bought in Oct 2019.

No return on subsequent bonds, purchased in dribs and drabs from reinvested wins and new money.

Perhaps, despite the general consensus of each £1 bond having an equal chance, the true chances of a win are when purchasing PBs en masse ??

Scotbot

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

2x £25 on a £33k holding.

ALL of my wins since Dec 2019, £525 in total, have been from a batch of £30k PBs bought in Oct 2019.

No return on subsequent bonds, purchased in dribs and drabs from reinvested wins and new money.

Perhaps, despite the general consensus of each £1 bond having an equal chance, the true chances of a win are when purchasing PBs en masse ??

The algorithm to generate winners should use a random number generator. I know the NS&I systems are poor but that is fairly basic stuff

eskbanker

pbcpdeveloper said:

If you have an Android phone, its Premium Bonds Checker Plus.

Written by a certain 'PBCP developer' by any chance?

Scotbot said:

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

2x £25 on a £33k holding.

ALL of my wins since Dec 2019, £525 in total, have been from a batch of £30k PBs bought in Oct 2019.

No return on subsequent bonds, purchased in dribs and drabs from reinvested wins and new money.

Perhaps, despite the general consensus of each £1 bond having an equal chance, the true chances of a win are when purchasing PBs en masse ??

The algorithm to generate winners should use a random number generator. I know the NS&I systems are poor but that is fairly basic stuff

100% of returns coming from about 90% of a holding over just more than a year is certainly not evidence against randomness or any significant statistical support for a theory about blocks having disproportionate success!

pbcpdeveloper

eskbanker said:

pbcpdeveloper said:

If you have an Android phone, its Premium Bonds Checker Plus.

Written by a certain 'PBCP developer' by any chance?

What are the chances? (actually you probably know).

pdx123

Have about £24 k in bonds - this was my 3rd draw. I checked earlier & nothing for the 3rd month running. I just thought, I'd have another look now & it's now showing a £25 prize. I thought it would update overnight, but that doesn't seem to be the case? Haven't had an email either to inform me of the win, is this normal?

pbcpdeveloper

You should get an email notification sometime this week, they never get issued on the day of the draw.