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Premium Bonds, what is the most you have ever won?

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notgettinganyyounger · 03/05/2023 14:00

Interested in the reality of winning a large sum.

I've had bonds for donkeys years but the most on a single bond is £500, last year

OP posts:
Marymary987 · 03/05/2023 15:06

I won £100 today, I only have £220 worth so not bad!

elliejjtiny · 03/05/2023 15:10

£50 is my highest winnings (I only had £15 worth of bonds then so was quite impressed). I've won £150 in total and I have £6515 worth of bonds.

Impatientwino · 03/05/2023 15:10

Wow I just used the prize checker as a result of this thread and I've won £150!! Yay!

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spacechimp79 · 03/05/2023 15:14

The most I've won is £100. I have approximately 23K.

Funkyslippers · 03/05/2023 15:24

I have around £50k and usually win at least £25. Most is about £175

drowsy · 03/05/2023 15:28

£1175 on full holdings - that was one £1000 prize and a few smaller ones. I won £275 this month!

SundaeLove · 03/05/2023 15:33

Full holdings got my biggest win last month - £250 -today 50 quid

WhatHaveIFound · 03/05/2023 15:35

I once won a £5000 prize. I didn't buy anything big, just went into the family pot.

I always reinvest my monthly prizes.

reesewithoutaspoon · 03/05/2023 15:39

Only had them just over a year and won £625 last month which was my biggest, was 3 separate wins of £500 £100 and £25

AnElegantChaos · 03/05/2023 15:43

Someone from Kent with a holding of only £2 (purchased in 1957) won £5,000 this month!

postwarbulge · 03/05/2023 15:44

My parents bought me £50 when Ernie Bonds first came out nearly sixty years ago. Nothing yet!

BluebellBlueballs · 03/05/2023 15:48

notgettinganyyounger · 03/05/2023 15:00

@Tare brilliant well done!

Does everyone auto re-invest? I took the prizes for years but now auto reinvest to try and build a bit.

Haven't won yet but my plan is to spend any winnings on something utterly frivolous. Assuming I'm not gonna win in the thousands, more the 10s or hundreds.

Rummikub · 03/05/2023 15:52

Iliketulips · 03/05/2023 14:31

£500 - recently. I had £32 in bonds purchased for me just after I was born (late 1960s) and first time I've won.

This gives me hope. I’ve got a £5 bond. I checked for the first time in 40 years. And I won 0!

Rummikub · 03/05/2023 15:53

AnElegantChaos · 03/05/2023 15:43

Someone from Kent with a holding of only £2 (purchased in 1957) won £5,000 this month!

Amazing! More hope!

ShanghaiDiva · 03/05/2023 15:54

I win 5k about 8 years ago and 1k in 2021.
maximum holding

Ineedwinenow · 03/05/2023 16:18

I’ve got £200 in and never won a bean, I’ve set it up so I reinvest any winnings but I’m not holding out much hope 😆

emmathedilemma · 03/05/2023 16:20

£50 and a couple of £25 over the last 3 years or so. For the amount I’ve got I think it’s a better return than I’d get from a savings account.

FrogFairy · 03/05/2023 16:29

Please can I ask those who have won this month, where did you find your results?
I have the app and it is telling me the results will be out tomorrow 4 May.

aintnospringchicken · 03/05/2023 16:38

Absolutely nothing.My DM bought me premium bonds after my grandmother passed away in the early 80s

LaurelGrove · 03/05/2023 16:43

Usually £75-£100 on maximum holdings. Last month was zero though. Never more than £150 but I've only had the holding since early last year. Next month, for sure!

jay55 · 03/05/2023 16:57

£50 but I've only had them 3months.

Skybluepinky · 03/05/2023 17:39

£0

VisionsOfSplendour · 03/05/2023 17:44

notgettinganyyounger · 03/05/2023 14:00

Interested in the reality of winning a large sum.

I've had bonds for donkeys years but the most on a single bond is £500, last year

I think you can look up all the statistical way that premium bonds and the odds on winning

It's literally a mathematical thing, unfortunately no way to game the system other than having more tickets in the hat

CalloohCallayFrabjousDay · 03/05/2023 17:45

Sweet FA! My mum and grandma never won a penny either.

VisionsOfSplendour · 03/05/2023 17:45

FrogFairy · 03/05/2023 16:29

Please can I ask those who have won this month, where did you find your results?
I have the app and it is telling me the results will be out tomorrow 4 May.

That's odd, the results were out today, strange that your app is wrong. Is it the official prize checker one?

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