Premium Bond Winner ?

pbcpdeveloper

Primrose said:

£25 on full holding.

Does anybody keep a record of their winning numbers and find the same bond has won more than once? 
  I do check my winners for this out of curiosity but guess the chances of it happening are pretty miniscule. 

The chances of one of your own bond numbers being drawn more than once are pretty miniscule but across all bond numbers it happens quite a lot. I have seen some bond numbers that have been drawn 4 times.

If you have an Android phone the Premium Bonds Checker Plus app has a free feature called 'Lucky Bonds' which will show you this.

veejay43

Had premium bonds since the beginning, around 1960 i think, i have never won a penny, in those days of course you could buy them from £1 each. wouldn't even bother now, but i agree, later bought ones seem to win more often,from what i have been told

tommyedinburgh

First ever £50 win in our household, happy days!

eskbanker

veejay43 said:

Had premium bonds since the beginning, around 1960 i think, i have never won a penny, in those days of course you could buy them from £1 each. wouldn't even bother now, but i agree, later bought ones seem to win more often,from what i have been told

Not sure who you're agreeing with, but anyone recycling that old myth about newer bonds being luckier than old ones is missing the point that the vast majority of bonds have been bought relatively recently, I think it's something like 95% bought since 2000, so the fact that they win prizes more often is exactly what should be expected, not because they're lucky but because there are so many more of them....

Edit: that '>95% since 2000' stat was published by NS&I in September 2018, since when there has been a circa 50% increase in bonds in play, so the pre-2000 population will now be closer to just 3%, and therefore the 3% of high-value prizes won this month by pre-2000 bonds is exactly as expected.

cattie

Snap tommyedinburgh! I also had my first £50 win with this draw. Usually my wins are for the £25 prizes on my holdings of £42000+.

Alter_ego

2 x 0 on 2 full holdings.

ranciduk

Won in my first 5 draws on the trot on £10k - £16k

nothing last two months...

think I’ve used up all my luck

Dave1979

13k holdings starting 4 months ago and have won every month since - £25, £25 and £100

unkle

£0 for me, £75 for the Mrs both on Maximum holdings. Daughters (£12k and £30k) nothing. So not a great month!

Swipe

£50 and £25 on two lots of max holdings