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€25k invested in prize bonds

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    #3512
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,825 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    Nothing for us this week.


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    #3513
    Carrie6OD
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭Carrie6OD


    pbwinner wrote: »
    Winnings on 13th April 2017: 0
    Last win 23rd December 2016: 50
    Total winnings since Feb 2011 on 25k: 2300

    Congratulations. My Dad won £50 in the prize bonds in 1952 and nothing since...


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    #3514
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,793 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Carrie6OD wrote: »
    Congratulations. My Dad won £50 in the prize bonds in 1952 and nothing since...

    The first draw was held in March 1957.


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    #3515
    Carrie6OD
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭Carrie6OD


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    The first draw was held in March 1957.

    Apologies... typo, fat fingers. 1962


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    #3516
    Sligo Quay
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Sligo Quay


    Nothing today, last win 7th April €50euro.


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    #3517
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Nothing today:(

    To date this year, I have won 58% of what i had won last year on the same bonds.:(:(:(


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    #3518
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Irish Times article says €100 million put into Prize Bonds in 1st three months of this year - no wonder mine aren't coming out very often! But it says the return (after DIRT) on €15000 deposit is <€47 so even one win of €50 is good news!


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    #3519
    iguot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 87 ✭✭iguot


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Irish Times article says €100 million put into Prize Bonds in 1st three months of this year - no wonder mine aren't coming out very often! But it says the return (after DIRT) on €15000 deposit is <€47 so even one win of €50 is good news!

    Cash them all in and blow it all on tomorrows lotto, shure you might win.


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    #3520
    FoolsGold1
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭FoolsGold1


    Nothing since the €50 on 10th March. (In 2013 I won €1,200; 2014 I won €1,200; 2015 I won €600; 2016 I won €750; 1st four months 2017 €200 ... all on c. €70K). I know that comparisons are odious but probably suit my nature!


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    #3521
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Irish Times article says €100 million put into Prize Bonds in 1st three months of this year - no wonder mine aren't coming out very often! But it says the return (after DIRT) on €15000 deposit is <€47 so even one win of €50 is good news!

    Has anyone copped that this thread has added a lot more dosh to the Prize Bonds? That's what I believe anyway. :D


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    #3522
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,793 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The people who bought €670 million in Prize Bonds last year would never have done so if they had read this thread.

    Mostly it is sad faces and "nothing for me this week" or "I never won anything since 1968". Along with the occasional conspiracy theorist who are convinced that the whole thing is a big fix.


    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/prize-bonds-the-answer-to-low-interest-rates-1.3060611

    In 2016, some € 670 million in saver’s money flowed into prize bonds, up by 17 per cent on the year prior, and the growth trend has continued, with about €100 million flowing into the product in the first three months of the year. It means that since 2011, more than € 1.5 billion has flooded into prize bonds.


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    #3523
    colliemcc
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭colliemcc


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    The people who bought €670 million in Prize Bonds last year would never have done so if they had read this thread.

    Mostly it is sad faces and "nothing for me this week" or "I never won anything since 1968". Along with the occasional conspiracy theorist who are convinced that the whole thing is a big fix.


    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/prize-bonds-the-answer-to-low-interest-rates-1.3060611

    In 2016, some € 670 million in saver’s money flowed into prize bonds, up by 17 per cent on the year prior, and the growth trend has continued, with about €100 million flowing into the product in the first three months of the year. It means that since 2011, more than € 1.5 billion has flooded into prize bonds.


    You would think with all the money flowing into it that they would put the prizes back up to the 75


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    #3524
    Sligo Quay
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Sligo Quay


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    The people who bought ?670 million in Prize Bonds last year would never have done so if they had read this thread.
    Ah yes, but I'd miss that Friday feeling, I live in hope, I dream big and tomorrow is FRIDAY!!
    Hopefully I'II have good news to post, woohoo......


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    #3525
    pbwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 814 ✭✭✭pbwinner


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Irish Times article says €100 million put into Prize Bonds in 1st three months of this year - no wonder mine aren't coming out very often!   But it says the return (after DIRT) on €15000 deposit is <€47 so even one win of €50 is good news!

    Has anyone copped that this thread has added a lot more dosh to the Prize Bonds?  That's what I believe anyway. :D
    Might make that point to NTMA and see if I can get a percentage :-)


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    #3526
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    and again :(:(:(


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    #3527
    pbwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 814 ✭✭✭pbwinner


    Winnings on 28th April 2017: 0
    Last win 23rd December 2016: 50
    Total winnings since Feb 2011 on 25k: 2300


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    #3528
    Sligo Quay
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Sligo Quay


    FoolsGold1 wrote: »
    Nothing since the ?50 on 10th March. (In 2013 I won ?1,200; 2014 I won ?1,200; 2015 I won ?600; 2016 I won ?750; 1st four months 2017 ?200 ... all on c. ?70K). I know that comparisons are odious but probably suit my nature!
    Is that 70k a single batch or a lot of small batches.

    Nothing today, last win 7th April ?50euro.


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    #3529
    pbwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 814 ✭✭✭pbwinner


    Hi,
    Thought I'd break down my winnings by amount and year.

    Winnings on 28th April 2017: €0
    Last win 23rd December 2016: €50
    Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2300
    2011: €75 x 4 €300
    2012: €75 x 6 €450
    2013: €50 x 12 €600
    2014: €50 x 9 €450
    2015: €50 x 5 €250
    2016: €50 x 5 €250
    2017: 0


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    #3530
    allyhari
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭allyhari


    I've always enjoyed following this thread (I don't have a tv) and posted before that I had set up a paltry €50 monthly dd (June 2016) adding to a few random bonds.
    My total in bonds is a pathetic €575.
    LO AND BEHOLD, what did I find in the post this morning only a €50 cheque! It was for an AFT bond I got in December. So everyone with big impressive amounts, hang in there! I feel delighted, like I "beat the odds" in some way :) Onwards and upwards!!


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    #3531
    Sligo Quay
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Sligo Quay


    allyhari wrote: »
    I've always enjoyed following this thread (I don't have a tv) and posted before that I had set up a paltry ?50 monthly dd (June 2016) adding to a few random bonds.
    My total in bonds is a pathetic ?575.
    LO AND BEHOLD, what did I find in the post this morning only a ?50 cheque! It was for an AFT bond I got in December. So everyone with big impressive amounts, hang in there! I feel delighted, like I "beat the odds" in some way :) Onwards and upwards!!
    It's a nice reassuring feeling that your bonds (and every prize bond) is in with an equal chance of winning. It only takes 1 single bond to win a million.


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    #3532
    Taylor365
    Registered Users Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭Taylor365


    allyhari wrote: »
    I've always enjoyed following this thread (I don't have a tv) and posted before that I had set up a paltry €50 monthly dd (June 2016) adding to a few random bonds.
    My total in bonds is a pathetic €575.
    LO AND BEHOLD, what did I find in the post this morning only a €50 cheque! It was for an AFT bond I got in December. So everyone with big impressive amounts, hang in there! I feel delighted, like I "beat the odds" in some way :) Onwards and upwards!!
    Cash out now! That's you done for the next ten years! :pac:


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    #3533
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    and again :(:(:(

    and again and again and again....:(:(:(:(:(:(

    To date this year, I have won <54% of what i had won last year on the same bonds.


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    #3534
    iguot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 87 ✭✭iguot


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    and again and again and again....:(:(:(:(:(:(

    To date this year, I have won <54% of what i had won last year on the same bonds.

    It's all relative to how many sad faces you use, so you'll not be winning for some time to come I'm afraid.


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    #3535
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,825 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    Nothing for us today. We will have our €100k batch 1 year next week and have won €750 on them. We've also won €150 on the €20k batch that we bought in August and €50 on an old bond from a very small batch. That's €950 since mid May last year - €50 win next week would make it an even €1000. Here's hoping :)


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    #3536
    pbwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 814 ✭✭✭pbwinner


    Winnings on 5th May 2017: €0
    Last win 23rd December 2016: €50
    Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2300
    2011: €75 x 4 €300
    2012: €75 x 6 €450
    2013: €50 x 12 €600
    2014: €50 x 9 €450
    2015: €50 x 5 €250
    2016: €50 x 5 €250
    2017: 0


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    #3537
    Taylor365
    Registered Users Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭Taylor365


    pbwinner wrote: »
    2017: 0
    I know it's possible that it will stay at 0 for the year, but it's probably the same possibility of winning the mill. :rolleyes:


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    #3538
    Sligo Quay
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭Sligo Quay


    Same here, nothing today, I'd love to read a posting from somebody from somewhere winning a big prize, with the big holding in this thread combined, all I read is €50 euro winnings, and that's not every week, very poor results of late, I'II add another sad face :( but we can't lose hope.
    I live in hope, I dream big, there's is always next Friday.


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    #3539
    Blue House Bear
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21 ✭Blue House Bear


    Would I be correct in assuming that sticking 50k into prize bonds would more than likely earn me more than state saving schemes or banks? I know you can potentially win nothing.


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    #3540
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Irish Times article says €100 million put into Prize Bonds in 1st three months of this year - but it says the return (after DIRT) on €15000 deposit is <€47 so even one win of €50 is good news!

    If you're lucky enough to get a win ....


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    #3541
    cork93
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭cork93


    Blue House Bear wrote: »
    Would I be correct in assuming that sticking 50k into prize bonds would more than likely earn me more than state saving schemes or banks? I know you can potentially win nothing.

    Absolutely not.

    http://moneysmart.ie/prize-bonds-prize-idiots/


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