Premium Bond Winner ?

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

lpgm

Has anyone been paid an extra prize they weren’t expecting this month? 

RG2015

lpgm said:

Has anyone been paid an extra prize they weren’t expecting this month? 

I don’t see how expectations would be relevant. You have either won or not won.