New Posts For Thread: Premium Bonds - Has anyone ever won big?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-bigI ask this question because after 55 years of life I have never known anyone who has actually won a decent prize on them. Yes, small wins are won regularly, especially with a high holding but as an ex financial advisor, who knew many people who heldTwo years on, anyone with any big wins to report? My biggest prize remains £500 (twice), and currently on an Ed Moses style run of 61 consecutive £25 prizes, which is a bit frustrating when there are all those bigger wins out there.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=559008281#559008281Two years on, anyone with any big wins to report? My biggest prize remains £500 (twice), and currently on an Ed Moses style run of 61 consecutive £25 prizes, which is a bit frustrating when there are all those bigger wins out there.Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:14:03 -0500Nice to have £5 million to losehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554692033#554692033Nice to have £5 million to loseWed, 06 Jun 2018 11:25:53 -0500He did give quite a lot away but done about £2 million opening bars and restaurants which were not managed well, that and freeloaders and losing a lot buying property abroad and basically complete and utter stupidity put pay to the rest. I'm still vhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554691663#554691663He did give quite a lot away but done about £2 million opening bars and restaurants which were not managed well, that and freeloaders and losing a lot buying property abroad and basically complete and utter stupidity put pay to the rest. I'm still vWed, 06 Jun 2018 10:55:46 -0500In terms of gambling and ROI criteria I've risked £842 and got £75 in return. Complete and utter mughttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554689031#554689031In terms of gambling and ROI criteria I've risked £842 and got £75 in return. Complete and utter mugWed, 06 Jun 2018 07:39:01 -0500I've got £75 back out of £2000 over 12 years. Works out as a loss of £780 as £2000 12 years ago is worth £2842 todayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554688997#554688997I've got £75 back out of £2000 over 12 years. Works out as a loss of £780 as £2000 12 years ago is worth £2842 todayWed, 06 Jun 2018 07:36:12 -0500Finally, after all these years, a winner of repute. Considering the hundreds of years between us all and only £1k (before today) known that is some achievement.I read somewhere that the chance of winning the million is equal to being in the monthlyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554688611#554688611Finally, after all these years, a winner of repute. Considering the hundreds of years between us all and only £1k (before today) known that is some achievement.I read somewhere that the chance of winning the million is equal to being in the monthlyWed, 06 Jun 2018 06:55:56 -0500My uncle copped £100,000 on the premium bonds in 1988. He wasn't exactly skint to start with.The week after my Mrs's cousin won £250,000 on the pools.It was just after we'd got married and my uncle was selling/trading in his old Lada for £1100 agahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554687885#554687885My uncle copped £100,000 on the premium bonds in 1988. He wasn't exactly skint to start with.The week after my Mrs's cousin won £250,000 on the pools.It was just after we'd got married and my uncle was selling/trading in his old Lada for £1100 agaWed, 06 Jun 2018 04:51:59 -0500@SlippyBlue -- when you say your mate did £5 million in bad business decisions, was this a business he was already in, so the money just meant the company went bust later than it would have done otherwise, or did he set himself up in a new businesshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554687801#554687801@SlippyBlue -- when you say your mate did £5 million in bad business decisions, was this a business he was already in, so the money just meant the company went bust later than it would have done otherwise, or did he set himself up in a new businessWed, 06 Jun 2018 04:31:39 -0500Most of you probably know this but one of the Mail's online money sites has a monthly list of where the big prizes went (county, size of bond, size of holding, etc).http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-1637084/Premium-Bonds-winning-numbehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554687753#554687753Most of you probably know this but one of the Mail's online money sites has a monthly list of where the big prizes went (county, size of bond, size of holding, etc).http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-1637084/Premium-Bonds-winning-numbeWed, 06 Jun 2018 04:20:56 -0500auto re invest might pull out soonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31402887/premium-bonds---has-anyone-ever-won-big?post_id=554685733#554685733auto re invest might pull out soonTue, 05 Jun 2018 17:29:06 -0500