Premium Bond Winner ?

halloweenqueen_2

I won £50! My first prize!

mroller

I won nothing this month even though I have the max stake: 30k.

not too upset as last month I won 5*50=250 quid.

penniesmakepounds_2

ZILCH!!!!!!!!! :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

jtlowrey

just won 1x £100 and 1x £50 this month.

freebird65

Nothing....again.....my yearly average is...ummm....0%!

Methinks my money is better off elsewhere......PB's may be better than wasting your money on lottery tickets, but this is silly!

Lea37

The higher prize list has been updated even though it still says December.

Good luck folks!

pickle

Just something I've noticed. A lot of the bonds which win the higher band prizes are blocks of £5000. I noticed that last month too. I guess most people must buy them like that?

£5000 blocks represent 56% approx of the higher prize winnings from a quick count. Maybe I'll buy in a £5000 block to increase my luck?!

meanmachine_2

That's because the maximum bond value is £5000.

If you wish to invest, say, £25341, you'll be sent five bonds for £5000 and one for £341.

You're not sent 25341 separate bonds.

stevie_wonder

Have had £20k in premium bonds since June this year, winnings as follows:

June 2 X £50
July 1 X £50
Aug 1 X £50
Sep 1 X £100 and 1 X £50
Oct 3 X £50 and 1 X £100
Nov - nothing!
Dec - nothing!

That's £600 in 6 months - which is a better return than a 5% interest rate on a bank account (plus it's interest free and I'm a higher rate tax payer).

Just waiting to see if January has come in with anything - but the true test will be after a year to see if it continues or not.

Graham_Devon

Stevie, it's all luck and looks like your having a good run! I had 30k for 3 months and never won a bean. I cashed out 25k's worth and put it back into savings and left 5k in. Last 2 months, nothing. Waiting for this months now. Probably....nothing!

Seems so strange and random that you can win all that and I can win nothing over the same type of period as yourself, but with another 33% chance!