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  • M3_Sussex
    M3_Sussex Posts: 351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have £100 worth - bought in Jan 07 and i haven't won anything yet!

    The odds are 24000 to 1 so that gives you a 1 in 240 chance (or once every 5 years) of winning with £100 worth.:eek:
  • M3_Sussex
    M3_Sussex Posts: 351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Try going to NS & I website and type in the bond number top see if it has won!

    http://www.nsandi.com/products/pb/haveYouWon.jsp

    It's the Holders Number not the bond number you need to enter.
  • katiekittykat
    katiekittykat Posts: 9,622 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Oopps sorry!
    Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
  • pbw
    pbw Posts: 160 Forumite
    M3_Sussex wrote: »
    The odds are 24000 to 1 so that gives you a 1 in 240 chance (or once every 5 years) of winning with £100 worth.:eek:

    don't you mean once every 20 years?
    Round Figures OCD Club!

    march 2010 end: 111k mortgage, 6k savings
    Feburary 2010 end: 111k mortgage, 6k savings
    October 2009 end: 112k mortgage, 9k savings
    September 2009 end: 113k mortgage, 8k savings
  • M3_Sussex
    M3_Sussex Posts: 351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    pbw wrote: »
    don't you mean once every 20 years?

    You're right!! I was basing it on weeks. If only.....!
  • Madiba_2
    Madiba_2 Posts: 172 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    And I guess is £50 every 20 years too? :-)
  • pbw
    pbw Posts: 160 Forumite
    Madiba wrote: »
    And I guess is £50 every 20 years too? :-)

    you wish! lol! £50 would statistically mean a win once every 40 years!
    Round Figures OCD Club!

    march 2010 end: 111k mortgage, 6k savings
    Feburary 2010 end: 111k mortgage, 6k savings
    October 2009 end: 112k mortgage, 9k savings
    September 2009 end: 113k mortgage, 8k savings
  • M3_Sussex
    M3_Sussex Posts: 351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well two people won £10,000 this month with a holding of just £100 each!! One had held them for 16 years, the other 2 years.
    So, it can happen!! :dance:
  • McSaver
    McSaver Posts: 609 Forumite
    Premium bonds for me have been useless so far...

    £1,000 invested back in sept 2005. Winnings £0

    disappointing i know BUT i am only expected to win once every 2 years with that amount of money in. Could of made more than £50 interest in a savings account by now as well but never mind, thats the price you pay to put money in premium bonds.
    Had £80,000 in Savings - All GONE!!! BYE BYE
    :A Single, 27, Aspie, Gooner :A
  • mayb_2
    mayb_2 Posts: 894 Forumite
    but just imagine if you won the big prize next month!
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