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justwantedtosay

eskbanker said:

... in any given draw the chances of a maximum holding winning exactly two prizes are actually relatively small.

My one case doesn't prove you wrong [in fact I agree with you] but I won exactly two prizes in eight of last year's twelve draws and 23 prizes in total, when I 'should' have had 24, so I can't help expecting two wins a month now and being disappointed when I don't get them. Sadly, all those wins were only £25 each. 

Pointless fact from someone with a calculator and too much time on their hands...
We talk here of 'luck'; well if you were really lucky and your full holding won all the top prizes you could take almost £64m from one draw. I wonder what the odds of that would be! It's still not as much as a big Euromillions win though, not that I'd be complaining. I'd buy the local Wildlife Trust a worthwhile chunk of land in an appropriate location and cover the cost of rewilding it - and building me a small home in a quiet corner of it.

eskbanker

justwantedtosay said:

eskbanker said:

... in any given draw the chances of a maximum holding winning exactly two prizes are actually relatively small.

My one case doesn't prove you wrong [in fact I agree with you] but I won exactly two prizes in eight of last year's twelve draws and 23 prizes in total, when I 'should' have had 24, so I can't help expecting two wins a month now and being disappointed when I don't get them.

It is unusual for so many months to return exactly two prizes, so personally I wouldn't see that as a realistic expectation in the future, even though most months should be between one and three.  One month in every eight should be a blank, on average....

justwantedtosay

eskbanker said:

It is unusual for so many months to return exactly two prizes, so personally I wouldn't see that as a realistic expectation in the future, even though most months should be between one and three.  One month in every eight should be a blank, on average....

I had 2 x £25 every month from April to October inc. - you can see why it became the norm. I still expect things to average out pretty close to two a month over a year, and closer still over a longer period.
It's encouraging to see that a prize of £500 or more - though probably not "more"! - 'should' now come your way during any given period of about 50 months [43 months with new rates from March], it was more like once in 25 years just a year ago. [Max holding]

One day....

taylornj

After a few months of nothing on £50k, this month highest amount I've won ever a single £500 win. 1.95% won over the tax year, highest winnings in a single tax year.

Swipe

I finally got a decent prize, £200 (£100, £50 & 2 X £25) on max holding.

plumb1_2

1x£25, 1x £50 and 2x £100 this month 😊

fly-catchers

2 x £25, 1x £100 and 1 x £500 on max holding.   

ForumUser7

No winnings for me - I think that's because I bought my bonds on or around 1st of February, after googling it appears I missed the cut off by 1 day, so the first draw will be April 

MysteryMe

2 x £25, 1 x £50  and 1 x £500 on full holding. Best monthly win I've had 

BooJewels

1 x £50 and 1 x £100 on 20k holding.