Premium Bond Winner ?

soulsaver

SFA on full... 2nd month on the trot... better be building for a biggy.. 

NithyaH

£1,125 on a FH - delighted!

Primrose

Congratulations.  Pour yourself something nice to celebrate!

Swipe

I know of a few other people on here like me that have had three blanks in a row on £50K but has anyone ever had more than that? If I get another blank next month I'll have to assume something has gone wrong with my bonds.

refluxer

Swipe said:

I know of a few other people on here like me that have had three blanks in a row on £50K but has anyone ever had more than that? If I get another blank next month I'll have to assume something has gone wrong with my bonds.

I have a relative who is also clocking up more than their fair share of blank months so far this year so you're both definitely having below-average luck because, if you click on 'see more details' on this site, you'll see that someone on a full holding with average luck would expect to win nothing once every 11 months. This certainly seems to hold true for me, as I tend to win nothing roughly once a year. 

molerat

Our last dry month was Jan 23 so a pretty good run.  Currently our joint rate is at 3.3%. 8 wins this month total £450.

booneruk

I had 2 blank months on FH at the start of the year, but then March came in with £1100! Win some, lose some. 

It'll probably take a mathematician to answer, but how does the 'bad luck' of someone winning nothing on FH for 3 months in a row compare to the 'good luck' of someone winning 10k in the same period.

You'd think chronic bad luck is rife from reading this forum....

Swipe

refluxer said:

Swipe said:

I know of a few other people on here like me that have had three blanks in a row on £50K but has anyone ever had more than that? If I get another blank next month I'll have to assume something has gone wrong with my bonds.

I have a relative who is also clocking up more than their fair share of blank months so far this year so you're both definitely having below-average luck because, if you click on 'see more details' on this site, you'll see that someone on a full holding with average luck would expect to win nothing once every 11 months. This certainly seems to hold true for me, as I tend to win nothing roughly once a year. 

Yes, I've held 50K in premium bonds for a good number of years now and previously always had one or 2 blanks every year but I've never ever had consecutive blanks until this year, even when the prize rate was terrible in recent years.

PeskyBlunder

£350 on a 47K holding. I keep on having to prepare myself for disappointment since I've now had at least 19 wins in a row (on 37K to 47K holding) but my luck seems to be holding out.

WH_Saint

Swipe said:

I know of a few other people on here like me that have had three blanks in a row on £50K but has anyone ever had more than that? If I get another blank next month I'll have to assume something has gone wrong with my bonds.

Hey Swipe - just broke a run of 4 straight blanks on a FH with £125 this month. When you work out the odds you do indeed turn to thoughts like you of "something has gone wrong". I checked my bond record was still correct online but so nearly pulled my money out. £125 is no great shakes but at least today I am re-assured it's nothing more sinister. I hope you don't match me with 4 straight blanks. At £225 winnings over 6 months on a FH I feel like my role on here is to make everyone else feel better about their own luck Congrats to those doing better !