Soldato
Logged into the account today. No win 
Premium Bonds - If you post to say how much you've won, please also say how much you have invested.
- Thread starter Feek
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I use my pension for proper investment, seems to have made very little recently but it's saving me a lot on tax
Consigliere
I just won again, sorry all. 
7 times in a year and a half.
7 times in a year and a half.
Underboss
just this minute received an email from them
not sure why it takes a couple of days..
not sure why it takes a couple of days..
Soldato
It's their normal timeframe. Prize checker gets updated on the second then the email follows the day after if you haven't checked it on their website
Soldato
I've had £50 of bonds for years and still waiting for a winner.
Statistics are not on your side with such a low amount.
Soldato
Sell them and get fresh numbers
Don't swap ya luck
Soldato
I have won again this month, will have a look when I get home, seems to be a lot better than wasting money playing the national lottery each week
I believe the odds of winning the jackpot are better than the lottery (although the jackpot is capped at £1m) and you get to keep your stake.
But really, all this talk of “winning” is a bit of a façade. It should really be compared to interest in a savings account. Unless you get one of the top prizes, all you’re really doing is earning interest, it’s just an undetermined percentage until the end of the year.
Soldato
Nah the odds are much worse than the lottery
Something like 600 times worse
But you get to try again each month
Something like 600 times worse
But you get to try again each month
Odds per bond from MSE.
Where if you hold £50k for a year the odds are not too bad.
| £1 million | 2 | 1 in 59,082,205,208 |
|---|---|---|
| £100,000 | 10 | 1 in 9,847,084,623 |
| £50,000 | 19 | 1 in 3,811,777,478 |
| £25,000 | 39 | 1 in 1,688,073,122 |
| £10,000 | 99 | 1 in 699,201,931 |
| £5,000 | 196 | 1 in 323,740,157 |
| £1,000 | 2,756 | 1 in 37,861,320 |
| £500 | 8,268 | 1 in 10,375,376 |
| £100 | 37,824 | 1 in 2,401,096 |
| £50 | 37,824 | 1 in 1,357,643 |
| £25 | 4,736,030 | 1 in 24,500 |
| £0 | 118,160,337,696 | Virtual certainty |
Where if you hold £50k for a year the odds are not too bad.
£0 Exactly | 1 in 43,251,379,178 |
At least £25 | Virtual certainty |
At least £50 | Virtual certainty |
At least £75 | Virtual certainty |
At least £100 | Virtual certainty |
At least £150 | Virtual certainty |
At least £175 | Virtual certainty |
At least £200 | Virtual certainty |
At least £250 | Virtual certainty |
At least £350 | 99.3% |
At least £400 | 97.7% |
At least £450 | 93.9% |
At least £500 | 87.0% |
At least £750 | 24.8% |
At least £1,000 | 5.68% |
At least £1,500 | 1.49% |
At least £2,500 | 1 in 512 |
At least £5,000 | 1 in 539 |
At least £10,000 | 1 in 1,158 |
At least £25,000 | 1 in 2,789 |
At least £50,000 | 1 in 6,380 |
At least £100,000 | 1 in 16,440 |
At least £1,000,000 | 1 in 96,631 |
Soldato
Savings rates may go up now (eventually) but anyway good to have a gamble ,like I said I only have the Halifax free draw at the moment and the free sky super 6 ,don't do the lottery
Soldato
@Feek any luck this month on getting your million? I'll warm things up with an massive £25 
