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€25k invested in prize bonds

pbwinner

Hiya,
Thought I'd update this thread on the success (or not) of €25k (yes, €25,000) I invested in PBs since February.

Purpose of this thread is to give some indication of the success rate of PBs for the ordinary punter as I assume €25k is large amount to invest in one go.

Planning to keep it in there for a year or so.

Winnings to date: €25

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Andrew Flexing

No Joy.

Weeks with a win: 4

tuisginideach

€50:):):)

Cork Lass

tuisginideach wrote: »

€50:):):)

Well done - nothing for us again this week.

dosebier

Nothing for me either, decided to up my stake so bought another 150 bonds to bring me up a little, hopefully they will be live for next weeks draw.

Agent Smyth

Sorry for the delay in my usual posting but I'm away at the moment, anyhow
If my figures are correct it would appear the PB fund is now about 3,169,800,000 Euro as of the end of December 17,
Which means at the moment there are about 507,168,000 bonds.

During December I reckon the PB fund reduced by 53,560,000 Euro,
Which means there will be 8,569,600 less bonds in each draw during Janaury compared to December.

I would estimate that on average there was a net reduction in the PB fund of 3,347,500 Euro for each working day during December

2016
June's daily growth €1,786,487 old rate 1.25%
July's daily growth €1,500,280 new rate .85%
August's daily growth €1,529,411 @ .85%
September's daily growth €1,251,336 @ .85%
October's daily growth €145,658 @ .85%
November's daily growth €2,101,279 @ .85%
December's daily growth €3,868,512 @ .85%
2017
Janurary's daily growth €1,768,797 @ .85%
February's daily growth €1,590,588 @ .85%
March's daily growth €1,418,181 @ .85%
April's daily growth €1,308,497 @ .85%
May's daily growth €1,107,002 @ .85%
June's daily growth €1,170,985 @ .85%
July's daily growth €4,567,882 @ .85%
August's daily growth €898,182 @ .5%
September's daily growth €817,142 @ .5%
October's daily growth €378,181 @ .5%
November's daily growth €768,695 @ .5%
December's daily Growth €-3,347,500 @ .5%
It will be interesting to see this year if my figures which are based on the prizes paid match the PB's year end figure in their accounts, Last year it was differant, they had more € then me ????

Agent Smyth

Not once, not twice, but three wins for me this week, somebody up there is smiling down at me :D

So 3 x €50 for me this week last win 08/12/17 which was €50

tuisginideach

You got the right figures today anyway!

pbwinner

Winnings on 12th January 2018: €0
Last win 29th September 2017: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2500
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: €50 x 4 €200
2018: €0

Agent Smyth

My return for the year 2017 was .5975%
Most of my winnings was pre August 2/3s and post August 1/3rd

tuisginideach

Agent Smyth wrote: »

My return for the year 2017 was .5975%
Most of my winnings was pre August 2/3s and post August 1/3rd

My return was in the very low .5% range but the same 2/3, 1/3 distribution ...

Mechatronical

Hi all,
Check in on this thread the odd time to see how others are doing.
Have won €200 so far on €17500 invested over roughly a period of 15 months. Not sure if this is a good return or not, seems slightly better then the interest you would get from a bank account over the same period.
All wins have come within the last 10 months. So on average thus far I've a win ratio of €50 every 4 months roughly since original investment.

tuisginideach

Better return than mine!

PS - anyone thinking of taking all the advice given here previously and cashing in their PBs to buy bitcoin?????????

Taylor365

Mechatronical wrote: »

Hi all,
Check in on this thread the odd time to see how others are doing.
Have won €200 so far on €17500 invested over roughly a period of 15 months. Not sure if this is a good return or not, seems slightly better then the interest you would get from a bank account over the same period.
All wins have come within the last 10 months. So on average thus far I've a win ratio of €50 every 4 months roughly since original investment.

Incredible

dxhound2005

Taylor365 wrote: »

Incredible

How credible do you think this is? Fifteen prizes in total to Leitrim Friday 12 January, and two of them to the same person.

Prize Value Winning Bond County

50 ACT132663 LEITRIM
50 ACT132722 LEITRIM

colliemcc

dxhound2005 wrote: »

How credible do you think this is? Fifteen prizes in total to Leitrim Friday 12 January, and two of them to the same person.

Prize Value Winning Bond County

50 ACT132663 LEITRIM
50 ACT132722 LEITRIM

How do you know its the same person??

dxhound2005

colliemcc wrote: »

How do you know its the same person??

I don't. But on any working day about 10,000 bonds will be bought. The chances of two of them 59 numbers apart belonging to two separate customers in Leitrim are slim. Much slimmer are the chances of both winning on the same day.

But even if this is the case, it shows that what Mechatronical posted is eminently credible.

pbwinner

tuisginideach wrote: »

Better return than mine!

PS - anyone thinking of taking all the advice given here previously and cashing in their PBs to buy bitcoin????????? :)

pbwinner

Winnings on 19th January 2018: €0
Last win 29th September 2017: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2500
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: €50 x 4 €200
2018: €0

butrasgali

50 euro

Andrew Flexing

No Joy.
Weeks since last win: 5

tuisginideach

the usual -:(:(:(:(:(

Cork Lass

tuisginideach wrote: »

the usual -:(:(:(:(:(

Same here

dosebier

Nada for me too

dxhound2005

Good day for the Old Timers today. Five winners out of the first million bonds issued, in the 1950's. I hope they are still around to enjoy their windfall.

Prize Value Winning Bond County
50 169232 DUBLIN
50 203279 KERRY
50 203306 CORK
50 507029 DUBLIN
50 804305 WATERFORD

There were none out of the next three million. I checked and there are a lot of unclaimed prizes / uncashed prize cheques belonging to bonds from back then. After 60 years it must be time for Prize Bonds to do something about those ancient bonds.

This calculator works out how much an investment is worth long term. At 60 years £5 (€6.35) is worth €20.83 at 2% compound. At 4% it is €66.80. So not a bad return for their investment.

http://www.buyupside.com/calculators/buyupsidecompundinterestdec07.htm

Royal Legend

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Good day for the Old Timers today. Five winners out of the first million bonds issued, in the 1950's. I hope they are still around to enjoy their windfall.

Prize Value Winning Bond County
50 169232 DUBLIN
50 203279 KERRY
50 203306 CORK
50 507029 DUBLIN
50 804305 WATERFORD

There were none out of the next three million. I checked and there are a lot of unclaimed prizes / uncashed prize cheques belonging to bonds from back then. After 60 years it must be time for Prize Bonds to do something about those ancient bonds.

This calculator works out how much an investment is worth long term. At 60 years £5 (€6.35) is worth €20.83 at 2% compound. At 4% it is €66.80. So not a bad return for their investment.

http://www.buyupside.com/calculators/buyupsidecompundinterestdec07.htm

So what are my £5 bonds from 1957 worth now if I cash them in €6.35?

dxhound2005

Royal Legend wrote: »

So what are my £5 bonds from 1957 worth now if I cash them in €6.35?

Correct. But just check them on the website first. There are 994 unclaimed prizes from the first one million bonds. I noticed one bond that won twice and there are probably others. Also another 476 winners never cashed their cheque.

Royal Legend

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Correct. But just check them on the website first. There are 994 unclaimed prizes from the first one million bonds. I noticed one bond that won twice and there are probably others. Also another 476 winners never cashed their cheque.

Are the old bonds still in the draw or how can you find out?

tuisginideach

Unless you have cashed in your bonds, all bonds are in each draw.

Negative_G

Nothing since September 29th on €70k.

dxhound2005

Negative_G wrote: »

Nothing since September 29th on €70k.

Probably a common experience but don't despair. According to the odds worked out by Agent Smyth you will get 5 wins in ever 52 draws given average luck. 16 draws since you won.