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  • £125 on FH this month.
  • poppystar
    poppystar Posts: 1,728 Forumite
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    Just £50 on full holding. Something at least🙂 - no blank months for a while. Yearly interest not looking great though so far 🙁
  • Magnolia
    Magnolia Posts: 1,304 Forumite
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    1 x £100 and 1 x £25 on £48k holding - 3.35% yield so far since January.  Not fantastic but there is still room for improvement when my big win comes in! B)
    Mags - who loves shopping
  • Bravepants
    Bravepants Posts: 1,655 Forumite
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    £100 on £26k holding this month for me.

    So far this year:

    Draw Month    Winnings    Holding
    May-24               £100    £50,000
    Jun-24                £250    £25,000
    Jul-24                     £0    £25,000
    Aug-24                 £50    £26,000
    Sep-24               £100    £26,000


    If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.
  • BooJewels
    BooJewels Posts: 3,068 Forumite
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    £200 on £22k.   44 prizes in 29 draws, only 7 blank months.  Brings my rolling year total to a smidge over 6% - I'd dropped a bit after 2 poor months - although I've not gone below 5% in the 15 months since I started actually recording it. 

    My prizes now total 11.7% of my current holding - which if I've worked it out right, would suggest an average return of 4.8% since I started (my holding has fluctuated) - which sounds about right, as I didn't do as well in the early days before they added more £100 and £50 prizes.
  • £75 on FH.
  • Dave1979
    Dave1979 Posts: 139 Forumite
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    edited 3 September 2024 at 8:08AM
    Another £25 on a £11k holding. Reduced down from £15k last month.

    Thats £1150 this year. Prize every month. Above average return even if I don’t have anymore wins this year.
  • huw01
    huw01 Posts: 433 Forumite
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    Another £125 on a full holding this month
    Year to date is £1525 a lot better than 2023
  • Two full holding in the family. 

    June  - £250 ___ £275
    July  - £150 ___ £250
    Aug - £50 ___ £300
    Sept - £150 ___ £100 
  • Kim_13
    Kim_13 Posts: 3,999 Forumite
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    huw01 said:
    Another £125 on a full holding this month
    Year to date is £1525 a lot better than 2023
    Same, 2x £50s and a £25.

    £1800 YTD or 4.8%.

    2023 was only 2.27%.
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