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  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 6,021 Forumite
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    Zero - on full holding - very disappointing 
  • Stargunner
    Stargunner Posts: 1,064 Forumite
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    £150 for me on 35k and £100 for OH on max holding
  • BooJewels
    BooJewels Posts: 3,108 Forumite
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    abgrad said:
    £25 on full holding!
    I've kept a spreadsheet since the start of 2022 and colour coded each month's winnings Black for about what's expected with average luck, Green for better and Red for worse - currently £100 to 175, £200 or more, and £75 or less respectively. I've never had a single green month, but 5 red months and only £875 in 2023 - it 'should' be about £1,350 for the £25-100 prizes; I don't expect to ever win anything more than £100. 2022 was 10 black and 2 red. Even if I were to win 5 prizes in December I'd still have fewer than last year despite the odds improving, though in 2022 every prize was just £25 and I was still behind the going rate.
    Perhaps I should call it a day.
    Well, ultimately some people have to do more poorly so that others can get better than the average odds and I think that is you and me. 😂
    I am on £1000 for the last 12 months (helped by £200) from this draw. Admittedly I’ve not been the full holding the entire time but have always been over £35k and for quite a few months close to the £50k. 

    I keep thinking about putting money in a savings account instead but unusually for me I will be a higher rate tax payer this tax year I think (need to work it out as higher rate is different where I am in Scotland but I believe the figures for rest of uk are used when calculating tax banding in relation to tax on interest). 

    I do regret not opening an Isa for last tax year! Plus I do wonder if I would do just as well at “winning” even if I take out £20k 😂 
    I had full holding for a while and didn't do very well, so pulled £30k into a fix instead.  Ironically, I have done tangibly better on £20k/£22k than I had done with the full holding - I think largely because it coincided with the changes in prize allocations. 

    Through most of 2022 I only got £25 prizes, occasionally up to 3 of them.  From December last year, I've had 10 x £100 prizes (x3 in July) and a few £50s.  I bought my PBs originally in £10k tranches, to try and separate the numbers and all of my winners are from the £20k that remained.  I bought another £2k in April, after an inheritance - as my share of my aunt's PB holding - but not had any winners from that batch at all.  It's funny how random stuff doesn't always feel that random.
  • linz
    linz Posts: 1,995 Forumite
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    2 x £25, 2 x £50 and 2 x £100 = £350 on full holding.
    #5 - Save £12k in 2026
  • 2 x £100 on full holding.
  • Johnjdc
    Johnjdc Posts: 399 Forumite
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    £75 on full holding :(
    My mother £125 on full holding :|
    My father... £1300 on full holding

    Going to call for redistribution to the working poor.
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,404 Forumite
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    Last month OH and I had £550 between us on full holdings, this month £25.

    Ho hum.
    Make £2025 in 2025
    Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
    Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%

    Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%

    Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%




  • friolento
    friolento Posts: 3,119 Forumite
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    £50 on full holding. My abysmally bad luck continues. My returns are way below average. 
  • Keltosh
    Keltosh Posts: 17 Forumite
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    Zero this month on £35000, averaging 2.0% this year. !!!
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