Premium Bonds - have you won anything?

Very informative post.

The interest rate paid now is 1.4%

If I had not cashed my ISA in last year I would be getting 0.8% on it

I’ve won again this month (£500 last month) but l’m away on holiday and can’t remember my holders number to.log in and see how much love won…very irritating!

Here’s a humourous slant from 2014:

Your chances of winning any prize are currently 26,000 to 1.

In other words, if you had one bond that was entered into every monthly draw you might expect to get one prize every 2,166 years.

The maximum amount that can be held rose to £40,000 on June 1.

If you held this amount, you should get about 17 prizes a year — but you might not get any or you could get more. Not surprisingly, most prizes are won by those who hold the most bonds — in fact, those holding the then-maximum £30,000 in December 2013 took almost two of every five prizes.

Currently, the odds of any one bond getting the £1 million prize are 47 billion to one.

Put another way, if Premium Bonds had been launched when the earth was a mere 600,000 years old, you could have sat and watched the first simple-celled life develop, dozed through the development of multi-celled organisms, watched the first animals struggle on to land, marvelled at the dinosaurs, had a quick chat with Neanderthal man — and still be hoping for that big win.

:lol:

If the numbers are so fluid and changeable then how can you be so sure that you’ve done better than other available options?

Yep. As explained in the other thread Muddy started, my money is earning a steady 5%+ over a 1yr period of investment.

OMG nothing this month what a bummer

3 x £25 …

Well done Mags !

Just a crummy £25 this month .

Owts better than nowt I supose.

Thanks Muddy, that made up for missing out last month! :smiley:

When I saw your post I checked to so if I’d won anything - nothing…zero…zilch.

But…just got an email… 3 x £25.

Better late than never!

:cool:

Well done, Lindyloo!

Nothing since 1967 for me. :cry:

:-p:-p

2 x £25 for me in the June draw.

That’s £125 for 2019 so far…slightly behind this stage last year .

Three of the best for me this month…3 X £25
Total winnings in 18 months = £450 That’s about four pints of beer in Norway…:shock:

That was nice to come home to Bob :023:

Haha yes Mags, helped to pay for Mrs Foxes bar bill…
(I did have a couple myself…;-))

Fair play…my winnings over 18 months is £425…

We are neck and neck.

Be interesting to see who wins by December, lol!!

Good idea Moscow, the winner could buy the loser a drink…:smiley:

:lol::lol:

Game On…:smiley:

Well, I’m up for it.

:mrgreen::mrgreen: