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  • Martico
    Martico Posts: 1,234 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    edited 2 November 2023 at 9:35AM
    £100 off £9000, following £125 last month. Happy with that
  • sonny55
    sonny55 Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    £150 on FH 
    very happy with this 

    good luck in December draw  🎄 
  • £100 on max holding, after 2 much better months
  • won £50 this month which is pretty good on only £125 left in since  march when i reduced my full holding 
  • Kim_13
    Kim_13 Posts: 3,999 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    £200 on max, about time after quite a few £25’s and £50’s in succession. Until now the only thing the increase in prizes had done was to reduce the frequency of blanks. 

    Consistently having worse luck than someone I recommended PB’s to, though 🤦‍♀️

    I won £25 on a block of £250 this year, and on a £25 reinvested prize, but a ~£2,500 block has won nothing in about a year of holding it. I know which bonds will be first out should I decide to do that. I’d probably take the smaller amounts as well as they’ve likely had their allocation of luck.

  • poppystar
    poppystar Posts: 1,728 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    A very respectable £350 on full holding this month. Quite a relief as until now the increases in prize rates had passed me by. Best month for many years. Return this year still only around 2% though. Hoping this month is a sign things are on the up🙂 (yes, I do know it’s random😉).
  • £275 on £62k holding this month (split between me and wife).

    Up to £2,400 for the 23/24 financial year so far off an average holding over that time of £55k, so a win rate of 7.47% for the seven months to date if my maths are correct.

    Our 22/23 win rate was 2.04% (which was in and around the average prize rate at the time), so definitely seeing the impact of the increased in prize rate by NS&I in this year's numbers so far.
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £100 for me on circa £47k
    £225 for OH on full holding.

    I've had a couple of quieter months but definitely was due. Fingers crossed for a good win in December. 
  • RedImp_2
    RedImp_2 Posts: 589 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    2 x £100 on full this month. £2550 for the calendar year 
  • Macsidia
    Macsidia Posts: 67 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 2 November 2023 at 3:49PM
    Very bad month for me. £25 on just over £41K, would of been nothing had I not put in the £1000 back in September since one of those bonds won the £25. As they say better than nothing but disappointing to say the least.

    Hopefully December's draw and the final draw of the year changes that.
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