Premium Bond Winner ?

Eco_Miser

onthebench said:

Some time between Sep 05 and Feb 06 the current three-digit numbering system started and since then the numbers seem to behave as you would expect, increasing over time from 100XXNNNNNN to the current numbers in the mid 400s. 

Were there different bond ranges being sold through different methods before the current number range was introduced?

I don't know when the system changed, but originally you went into a Post Office and received a pre-printed paper certificate when you bought bonds.

Each series had it's own numbering sequence (AxNNNNNN - £1, Bx - £2, Cx - £3, Ex -£5, etc) so a little out-of-the-way PO might have 'old' sequence certificates long after busy POs had newer, longer numbers

csgohan4

0 on max holding

caligulablushed

This was my first ever draw. With bank interest rates dwindling, in May I bought a 50k holding in my name and a 50k holding in my partner's name.

Account one: 4 x £25
Account two: 1 x £25

So at £125 it's beaten what I'd have currently received from Marcus. Will have to see how it averages out over the coming months. 

sonny55

thank you frugal mc d
Its displaying 75 pounds winnings for July 

RG2015

£20k held for 9 months with winnings of £175.

£175 / £20,000 *12/9 = 1.16% p.a. which is better than any easy access savings account over the last 9 months.

ranciduk

4th draw on 16k - won £25 every month 

MysteryMe

£25 on £13000. Third draw I've been in and 3rd win. Max holding next draw so fingers crossed for another win.

polymaff

Some years ago my, then, employers offered MoD a contract to prove that an encryption technique of theirs was easily and quickly  crackable.  As I'd already noted the flaw it was the easiest money ever made.  The flaw was not in the encryption algorithm but in a secondary process/assumption.

I doubt that this was a unique scenario and would hope - but not know as fact - that there might not be a similar issue within the Premium Bond system (which, note, is more than just a random number generator).

Swipe

£125 on max holding

and

£25 on max holding

mummytummy

14 months with no wins