bots33 wrote:I don't think I can create a poll within a thread, but am interested in how many times a year on average, do people with £50k of premium bonds, NOT win a prize. I won four last month, after I had invested £50k from my pension lump sum, and given there's a 1 in 21000 chance, am assuming to get 2 on average (so due none this month!) Welcome any other's experiences, particularly the maximum number of months where you didn't win a prize, so I can set my expectations. Thanks for any replies.
This intrigued me. Here are details of 3 max holdings (constitutent parts of total holdings purchased at different times - earliest 1968, and each holding made up of more than one purchase, but max holdings through the period shown). The £0 shows where there is a no win for a particular holding for a particular month, the blanks are where there has been a win, but I have not included the amount of the win. Totals at the bottom (divided by number of years, currently 8).
year | A | E | K
Jan-2016 | | |
Feb-2016 | | | £0
Mar-2016 | £0 | |
Apr-2016 | | |
May-2016 | | |
Jun-2016 | | £0 |
Jul-2016 | | |
Aug-2016 | | |
Sep-2016 | | | £0
Oct-2016 | | |
Nov-2016 | | |
Dec-2016 | £0 | | £0
Jan-2017 | | | £0
Feb-2017 | £0 | £0 | £0
Mar-2017 | | |
Apr-2017 | | |
May-2017 | | |
Jun-2017 | | £0 | £0
Jul-2017 | £0 | |
Aug-2017 | | £0 | £0
Sep-2017 | | |
Oct-2017 | | |
Nov-2017 | | |
Dec-2017 | | £0 | £0
Jan-2018 | | |
Feb-2018 | £0 | |
Mar-2018 | £0 | |
Apr-2018 | | |
May-2018 | | |
Jun-2018 | | | £0
Jul-2018 | | | £0
Aug-2018 | | |
Sep-2018 | | |
Oct-2018 | | |
Nov-2018 | | |
Dec-2018 | | |
Jan-2019 | | |
Feb-2019 | | |
Mar-2019 | | |
Apr-2019 | | |
May-2019 | | |
Jun-2019 | £0 | |
Jul-2019 | | |
Aug-2019 | | |
Sep-2019 | £0 | £0 | £0
Oct-2019 | | |
Nov-2019 | | | £0
Dec-2019 | | |
Jan-2020 | | |
Feb-2020 | £0 | | £0
Mar-2020 | | | £0
Apr-2020 | | |
May-2020 | | |
Jun-2020 | | |
Jul-2020 | | £0 |
Aug-2020 | | |
Sep-2020 | | |
Oct-2020 | £0 | £0 |
Nov-2020 | | |
Dec-2020 | | |
Jan-2021 | | | £0
Feb-2021 | | |
Mar-2021 | | |
Apr-2021 | £0 | |
May-2021 | | |
Jun-2021 | | |
Jul-2021 | | |
Aug-2021 | £0 | | £0
Sep-2021 | | | £0
Oct-2021 | | |
Nov-2021 | | £0 |
Dec-2021 | | |
Jan-2022 | £0 | |
Feb-2022 | | |
Mar-2022 | | |
Apr-2022 | | |
May-2022 | | |
Jun-2022 | | £0 |
Jul-2022 | | |
Aug-2022 | | |
Sep-2022 | | |
Oct-2022 | | |
Nov-2022 | | |
Dec-2022 | | |
Jan-2023 | | | £0
Feb-2023 | | |
Mar-2023 | | | £0
Apr-2023 | | |
May-2023 | | £0 |
Jun-2023 | | |
Jul-2023 | | |
Aug-2023 | | |
Sep-2023 | | |
Oct-2023 | | |
Nov-2023 | | £0 |
Dec-2023 | | |
| | |
Total £0s | 13 | 12 | 19
8 years | 1.63 | 1.50 | 2.38
With grateful thanks to https://lemonfoolfinancialsoftware.weebly.com/tableformat.html