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[DrFfybes]

Oooh! Oooh! someone who lives in the same county, who bought the same amount of bonds in the same month as I did just won £50,000.

No idea what my numbers are or where the paperwork is so will just have to wait until tomorrow.

The suspense.

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?

[swill453]

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?

If you sort by holding amount it's easier to find out if you've got a chance.

Or download the spreadsheet data (all 22,000+ lines of it) into a spreadsheet app and sort by holding amount and locality.

Scott.

[DrFfybes]

Or download the spreadsheet data (all 22,000+ lines of it) into a spreadsheet app and sort by holding amount and locality.

Scott.

I think it would be quicker for me to wait until tomorrow (which reminds me, I need to get Libre Office onto the new laptop).

Paul

[Laughton]

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?
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I know, it's sad isn't it?

But I was interested to work out if Excel could do it simply. And it can.

[Steveam]

1x£100 on full holding.

Best wishes, Steve

[Laughton]

Oooh! Oooh! someone who lives in the same county, who bought the same amount of bonds in the same month as I did just won £50,000.

Boo Hoo - it wasn't me.. still, quite happy with £250 for me and £275 for Mrs L.

[Lootman]

Oooh! Oooh! someone who lives in the same county, who bought the same amount of bonds in the same month as I did just won £50,000.

No idea what my numbers are or where the paperwork is so will just have to wait until tomorrow.

The suspense.

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?

Don't most browsers have a "Find" feature, enabling you to look for your location or holding size without "trawling" or scanning every page of a long document or file?

One £100 prize, so the big payday of last month was an aberration.

[DrFfybes]

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?

Don't most browsers have a "Find" feature, enabling you to look for your location or holding size without "trawling" or scanning every page of a long document or file?

They do, but only on the displayed page.

For NS&I results they show about 10 on each page, then the next are a different page so you can only search what you can see.

[swill453]

Don't most browsers have a "Find" feature, enabling you to look for your location or holding size without "trawling" or scanning every page of a long document or file?

They do, but only on the displayed page.

For NS&I results they show about 10 on each page, then the next are a different page so you can only search what you can see.

There's an option to adjust the number per page, including "all".

Scott.

[DrFfybes]

After a couple of poor months, 2 x 2 x £100 on 2 x max.

Or £583.33 if it was taxed.

Paul

[6Tricia]

2 x £100 (reinvested) on my 30+k holding. A total of £850 since March. A lot better than 2022!

Tricia

[swill453]

A lot better than 2022!

I should hope so, given typical savings rates are about 3 times higher now than they averaged last year.

Scott.

[kempiejon]

Not to look a gift horse but SO got £25 this month, when the "you've won a prize banner" opened I thought that's nice - to see a measly £25 when I'd become accustomed to £50 minimum was actually a disappointment.

[SebsCat]

£225 and £500 on two max holdings.

[terminal7]

I assume you didn't trawl through all 334 pages of results to find that out?

Don't most browsers have a "Find" feature, enabling you to look for your location or holding size without "trawling" or scanning every page of a long document or file?

One £100 prize, so the big payday of last month was an aberration.

"A big payday" any month is an aberration.

T7

[Watis]

£100 & £50 on two modest holdings.

Watis

[Bouleversee]

£100 and 2 x £25 on max. holding so not as good as last month for me either.

[thebarns]

4 max holdings.

£450 for September and £600 for October.

[widowerandorphan4]

£425 and £350 on 2 x full for us - not bad as £0 on one full holding last month

[GeoffF100]

I found this on the web:

https://premiumbondsprizes.com/#50000

I do not know whether it is reliable, but it says that the median return on £50,000 is 4.05% (tax free, of course). That is competitive with the best easy access savings accounts for a standard rate tax payer, and jolly good for higher rate tax payers.