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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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pbwinner

On a roll :-) Maybe it's to make up for 2018 :-P

Winnings on 22nd February 2019: €50
Last win 8th February 2019: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2800
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: €50 x 2 €100
2019: €50 x 4 €200

dxhound2005

€50 for me today, from the same bunch that had a winner two weeks ago. It won only once in all of 2018.

This could be a case of a person winning three times today without having a big holding.

Prize Value Winning Prize Bond Location

€50.00 TH956237 Meath
€50.00 TH960179 Meath
€50.00 TH960612 Meath

Cork Lass

€50 for us this week. Second win this year

PB2018

Winnings on 22nd February 2019: €0
Last win: 4th January 2019: €50
Weeks since last win: 7
€134k invested in prize bonds since July 2017
Win ratio: 10 wins in 86 weeks (12%)
2017 (Jul-Dec): 5 x €50 = €250
2018 (Jan-Dec): 4 x €50 = €200
2019 (Jan-date): 1 x €50 = €50

[Deleted User]

A big fat €0 again today

Andrew Flexing

e50 today.

@Tuis - you're having a shocker, hope your luck changes soon!

tuisginideach

at the end of my tether - in every way:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Agent Smyth

:mad::mad::mad::mad::):mad::mad::mad:

anewme

Think I’ve about 25k in bondds now about a year. First Cheque cane through this week for 50.

dxhound2005

greenbamboo wrote: »

Have an investment of 60 grand in these. Havnt won a thing since December 2017 and last Friday had 3 separate wins of €50 each . Seems a bit coincidental and odd all on the one week. Normal service of no wins has resumed this week

Not really remarkable given the random nature of the draw. After looking at only 4 pages out of 462 for 15 Feb, I find this:

Prize Value Winning Prize Bond Location

€50.00 AAJ428842 Dublin
€50.00 AAJ692898 Dublin
€50.00 AAJ826344 Kildare

€50.00 AAJ982975 Dublin
€50.00 AAJ986192 Dublin
€50.00 AAJ988780 Kilkenny

The software has no way of "knowing" who owns the bonds. The bottom three worth circa €40K could have belonged to one person. Far more common is gaps of hundreds of thousand between winners, as shown in the first three. I have a €225 bond from March 2010 which was 3 winners in the same draw when the prize was €75. There are only a few people active on the thread, so we would not be aware of stuff like this in general.

Your €60K would expect to win 4 prizes in any 52 draws with average luck. Regardless of whether it is in one block, or made up of smaller amounts.

retalivity

I found a £20 punt certificate from 1995 when cleaning out old boxes at home before xmas, i remember it was a birthday gift from a great aunt. Checked it and not won a sausage in 24 years.
Topped it up to €1,000 total in november, not won anything since. Reading this thread, might just withdraw it all shortly...

pbwinner

Winnings on 15th February 2019: €0
Last win 8th February 2019: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2750
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: €50 x 2 €100
2019: €50 x 2 €150

[Deleted User]

Nothing here with 1200 in PB

(Joining the thread, hi!)

Cork Lass

Nothing for us this week.

greenbamboo

Have an investment of 60 grand in these. Havnt won a thing since December 2017 and last Friday had 3 separate wins of €50 each . Seems a bit coincidental and odd all on the one week. Normal service of no wins has resumed this week

John arse

oEmmao wrote: »

we have 1k in prize bonds for the last 11 years and not won a thing,

contemplating withdrawing it and investing it some other way,

seems a waste just leaving it there?

thoughts?

The five o clock at Newmarket!!!

Agent Smyth

oEmmao wrote: »

we have 1k in prize bonds for the last 11 years and not won a thing,

contemplating withdrawing it and investing it some other way,

seems a waste just leaving it there?

thoughts?

Weekend in Amsterdam

oEmmao

we have 1k in prize bonds for the last 11 years and not won a thing,

contemplating withdrawing it and investing it some other way,

seems a waste just leaving it there?

thoughts?

John arse

scotchy wrote: »

Sorry, no winners were found for selected dates.

.

That sounds familiar &#55357;&#56876;&#55357;&#56876;&#55357;&#56876;

scotchy

Sorry, no winners were found for selected dates.

Andrew Flexing

No Joy.

Agent Smyth

:mad::mad::mad::mad::):mad::mad:

PB2018

Winnings on 15th February 2019: €0
Last win: 4th January 2019: €50
Weeks since last win: 6
€134k invested in prize bonds since July 2017
Win ratio: 10 wins in 85 weeks (12%)
2017 (Jul-Dec): 5 x €50 = €250
2018 (Jan-Dec): 4 x €50 = €200
2019 (Jan-date): 1 x €50 = €50

tuisginideach

tuisginideach wrote: »

even madder:mad::mad::mad::mad: zilch again

Poxy:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

honeybear

Nada

Cork Lass

€50 for us this week. First win of the year.

vargoo

John arse wrote: »

Good luck with that, I've over 130k invested-2x 50 in the past year, ridiculous really!!!

Oh I know, I've followed this thread since day one, long time boardie, what I wanted to do with it fell through, house related but girlfriend (now ex) had other ideas so sh1te happens and I'll fire it in here until I can find a better home.

dxhound2005

€50 for me today from my March 2010 Large Medium Bunch. It was my worst performer in 2018 with only one win. €50K went to Louth, not me.

Slight oddity of the day is this three sets of winners in Donegal. Donegal also got two of the €1K prizes.

Prize Value Winning Prize Bond Location

€50.00 AAK115261 Donegal
€50.00 AAK115401 Donegal

€50.00 AMP799921 Donegal
€500.00 AMP800406 Donegal

€50.00 RS653112 Donegal
€50.00 RS653718 Donegal

piston

ZERO!

Taylor365

pbwinner wrote: »

Winnings on 8th February 2019: €50
Last win 4th January 2019: €100
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2750
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: €50 x 2 €100
2019: €50 x 2 €150

That's some run!