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metrobus said:£50k for me and £50k the OH, nothing for 6 months,also talked to two seperate people last weekend with maximum holdings and both of them have had nothing for many months.
So taking our holding alone thats £100,000 for 6 draws so 600000 entries and not a single £25 win.
If working on 1% £500 would be the average over 6 months or 20 x £25 wins since 99% of prizes are £25.
No way in the world is this random,large holdings recently get massively lower proportinate wins.
I expect with them knowing they far exceeded their sales target they are trying to get £50k holders to cash in .
I know after tomorrows smaller wins are made public we will be cashing in.
What would possibly be the benefit in going to all the trouble of fixing the draw? These lunatic conspiracy theories make no sense at all.5 -
The fact is £50k max holders are getting massively lower proportinate retuns compared to small holders,you only need to look at past posts on here,for whatever reason who knows.
On average we should have had 20 x £25 wins,but have actually got ZERO,if you think thats not suspicious then thats your look out.Makes no difference to us since its cash out time and its an extra £100k in to vanguard. I will post in the morning to let you know how much the £100k got us in this months draw when I check,but i already know it will be another ZERO.0 -
Clearly the lizard people control everything else by now and have too much time on their hands so they have moved onto fixing premium bond draws!onthebench said:metrobus said:£50k for me and £50k the OH, nothing for 6 months,also talked to two seperate people last weekend with maximum holdings and both of them have had nothing for many months.
So taking our holding alone thats £100,000 for 6 draws so 600000 entries and not a single £25 win.
If working on 1% £500 would be the average over 6 months or 20 x £25 wins since 99% of prizes are £25.
No way in the world is this random,large holdings recently get massively lower proportinate wins.
I expect with them knowing they far exceeded their sales target they are trying to get £50k holders to cash in .
I know after tomorrows smaller wins are made public we will be cashing in.
What would possibly be the benefit in going to all the trouble of fixing the draw? These lunatic conspiracy theories make no sense at all.0 -
Do you know what facts are? Exactly how many maximum holders have you asked?metrobus said:The fact is £50k max holders are getting massively lower proportinate retuns compared to small holders,you only need to look at past posts on here,for whatever reason who knows.
Edit: here are some actual facts:
According to NS&I figures reported by Thisismoney a couple of months ago, 43% of PBs are held by maximum holders.
According to this month's breakdown of large (£5K+) prizes, 43% of them were won by maximum holders, i.e. exactly their fair share.
I don't think NS&I publish holding sizes for small prizes but your allegations are presumably backed up by something meaningfully scientific rather than anecdotal, right?2 -
Cheer up, you're helping the government to finance itself without increasing our taxes. In a way, everyone's a winner

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https://www.nsandi.com/prize-checker/winnersLangtang said:
Where do you find all this info? I've just got an app on my phone that says "yes" or "no"eskbanker said:
The £1 will be an old purchase from before the minimum block size was introduced, unrelated to prizes....DoctorStrange said:Thank you,
So how does one end up with a holding of £1001 if the min prize is £25 and £1000 was bought in a block?Prize value Winning Bond Holding Area Bond Value Purchased £1,000,000 404KX510146 £1,001 Devon £1,000 Jul-20
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Is this holders who have £50k in a single block or holders who have £50k made up of lots of small holdings?metrobus said:The fact is £50k max holders are getting massively lower proportinate retuns compared to small holders,you only need to look at past posts on here,for whatever reason who knows.My £50k holding is having one of its best years this year.0 -
Which continues this month, 5 x £25, 1.72 % for this year.
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2 x £25 on 50k0
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My fifth draw this month on £16k
Won £25 every draw so far
Kinda surprised!0
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