PREMIUM BONDS MAY DRAW ONWARDS

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Other one is almost full so a new thread for us to share all our winnings (I hope)

fir the first time I won £50 / usually £25 if I win

and May brought 25 and 50 so £75. Happy days

quite a few have won this month. Always a joyful feeling seeing the dancing lady in the rain kr sunshine

sorry that is so big!

375 this month!

I didn't realise when I first looked. I saw £25 and didn't realise you could swipe across.

When it appeared in my account I then realised !

Love this thread! £25k amazing!

I have just started PB's as a way to save a bit - nowhere in a million miles near Full Holdings but will build it up slowly as saving for something big :)

Will be following along here now x

Yah @Happiestathome That's great

Roll on July

Even though they are trying to phase out the £25 I’d still be happy with it, I’m getting desperate for some luck 😆
Really really hoping I win for the first time this month. Now with £10k holdings for the past 3 months and not a penny…would certainly be nice as I’m about to start maternity leave on SMP 😩

Must be your turn @Babytwodue I've had 3 months of £50 on my £9k but I'm back down to £6k now so am not getting too excited (even though I know I will be beside myself as always come big reveal day!)

I hope so @Minervia and not a bad return for you!
My husband won £100 on his £1500 the other month and thought it was hilarious as he rarely checks his and I go in the app in the middle of the night giddy with excitement only to be disappointed 🙈😂

Are they phasing out the £25

I guess the smaller amount cost a lot of administer so they aren't increasing the number of them. Equally they aren't stopping them completely because they know how lovely it is to just get a prize and with £25s there are a lot of extra winners added each month.

I'm so old I remember when the lowest winnings were £10!

3.3% to 3.7% is not to be sniffed at. Now watch as I win fuck all the month

I'm ever hopeful as July draws near!'

We are increasing our accounts so should have 4 x FH. Hopefully we can get some further luck!! Fingers crossed all :)

I guess that people must have felt similar when they phased out the £10 prize and there is an element of nostalgia attached but we all now have a better chance of getting a £50 or £100 than a £25 so that is great news to me.

@boatgirl81 was there a 10GPB prize? I obviously did not win one otherwise I would remember!

Me neither

I've only ever won £25

And then last months £100 !

I was sure there was but looking at unclaimed prizes there aren't any £10s outstanding which wouldnt ring true, so I think I'm misremembering.

The number of prizes for July is a bit lower than in June.

They say the odds of winning have stayed the same though, at 1 in 24,000, so unless there is a fair bit of rounding in that number, it must mean that quite a few people have withdrawn their holdings recently.

Good spot. Possibly seeking better rates elsewhere, or like me it was there waiting until mortgage fix comes to an end.

So has anyone worked out how many prizes there are in total

Just over 5 million per month. It varies as its based on number qualifying for the draw.

I've had £100 of bonds since my grandmother died in 2000, I won £50 quite soon after which I (probably incorrectly) thought was the smallest prize available. Did £25 come in later or am I misremembering?

Definitely used to be £50 for quite a long time.

5 Million prizes or £5million to
Win

Sounds you were
Lucky to win £50

25
50
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25k
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Million x 2

£25 prizes were introduced in 2009 when the interest rate dropped after the banking crisis:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/mar/18/premium-bond-jackpot-scrap