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  • bripat
    bripat Posts: 31 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I must be very lucky £1,200 from 47k only had it in since January 24 😁.
  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 5,869 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    bripat said:
    I must be very lucky £1,200 from 47k only had it in since January 24 😁.
    Very lucky indeed. The most I've ever got on £50K is £300 and I've had them for years.
  • pbryd
    pbryd Posts: 90 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Good year so far

    January - £75
    February - £200
    March - £150
    Total - £425

    Holding £12,445
  • £9.2k built up since last October, won nothing at all since October! Added another £800 in Feb to round it up to £10k for April’s draw. 
  • Snuggles
    Snuggles Posts: 1,008 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    eskbanker said:
    Should three months of £0 on a full holding be suspicious? I'm not sure what to do... 
    The chances of a blank month from a full holding are roughly one in ten, so three in a row is about one in a thousand - unlucky certainly but not suspiciously so IMHO, and an experience that'll be shared by hundreds if not thousands of others, if that's any consolation....
    SO I called the helpline, and it turns out I actually did win £350 this month on my full holding, even though the website doesn't show it!

    The NS&I call centre system shows the March prizes on my account, but the website & app doesn't yet... I was told it can sometimes take a while to update. Who knew. 

    I definitely got 0 in Jan & Feb though, but £150 in November (when I started) and £225 in December.

    My partner started a FH account in Dec and has won between £100-350 each month, so I guess it does all average out... 
    That sounds very strange and quite concerning. I can't help wondering if you would ever have found out if you hadn't called the helpline.
  • david29dpo
    david29dpo Posts: 3,984 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    My first full year £50000 Jan to Jan 5.78%.  Feb 2024. £400!!!
  • Nebulous2
    Nebulous2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    eskbanker said:
    Should three months of £0 on a full holding be suspicious? I'm not sure what to do... 
    The chances of a blank month from a full holding are roughly one in ten, so three in a row is about one in a thousand - unlucky certainly but not suspiciously so IMHO, and an experience that'll be shared by hundreds if not thousands of others, if that's any consolation....
    SO I called the helpline, and it turns out I actually did win £350 this month on my full holding, even though the website doesn't show it!

    The NS&I call centre system shows the March prizes on my account, but the website & app doesn't yet... I was told it can sometimes take a while to update. Who knew. 

    I definitely got 0 in Jan & Feb though, but £150 in November (when I started) and £225 in December.

    My partner started a FH account in Dec and has won between £100-350 each month, so I guess it does all average out... 

    I'm abroad on holiday at the moment and was a day late in getting the results on the prize checker. I assumed that was because I was out of the country. 

    £300 between two of us on a total of £60k this month. 
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,275 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    WOW! It's great to see some winners! <3<3
    I've held 2000 PB since the age of 21, so been holding for 34 years, and won absolutely nothing!
    I've also purchased £50 of PB's a month for the past 4 years and again, won absolutely nothing!
    I hopefully check the NSI&I PB app every month in great anticipation of maybe a £25 win, only to be told, yet again,  'No Luck This Time' :/:|:o
    It seems that the PB machine has no problem with finding PB holders in Essex, Norwich, or anywhere south of where I live. For me, and like so many others who have seen the above winner pattern over and over again which questions the 'randomness' of the draw, I decided to dump the whole lot and get some interest on the money, which now means I'm a winner every month! :D;)
    Wishing you all good luck with future draws! <3
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  • £25 on FH following on from last months £50, pathetic.
  • newatc
    newatc Posts: 902 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    I was beginning to get disillusioned but £325 last month and £450 this month (on full holding) postpones any thought of cashing in.
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