€25k invested in prize bonds

dxhound2005

Cal04 wrote: »

I don't have the SSCN number though

It does not have an asterisk beside it, so it is not a required field on the form.

All fields marked with an asterisk must be completed in order to purchase State Savings Products.

You should fill in the part at the top of the form indicating that you already hold Prize Bonds and put the account number. It is on the top right of every bond.

tuisginideach

I see from my quote-a-day-type calendar that the UK Premium Bonds were launched on 1st November 1956. My one premium bond was bought not too many years later - don’t suppose there’s much chance of it ever appearing on the Winners list.

tuisginideach

Any one else not get their prize money from last Friday yet? Since opting to have prize money lodged, the €50 was always in by Sunday, if not Saturday. No sign of this week's long-awaited €50.

Wed - edited to add: Lodged today.

John arse

tuisginideach wrote: »

Any one else not get their prize money from last Friday yet? Since opting to have prize money lodged, the €50 was always in by Sunday, if not Saturday. No sign of this week's long-awaited €50.

ntma has gone bust

rizzee

Hey. Hoping some people can share their insights in a question thread about PBs, instead of me derailing this.
Thanks!

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=115187199#post115187199

pbtracker

Yaaaayyyyy! We have a winner :-)

Winnings on 6th November 2020: €50
Last win : €50 Aug 28th
Investment :
Up to Aug 2020 : €12K
Aug 2020 : €72K
Sept 2020 : €77K
Total winnings to date: €200

pbwinner

Winnings on 6th November 2020: €0
Last win 25th September 2020: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €3050
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 6 €300
2020: €50 x 3 €150

tuisginideach

Nothing for months, 50 last week and 2 x 50 this week (both from the one large batch). Good glitch to all of you.

Cork Lass

^^^^^well done. Nothing for us this week

carrickbawn

tuisginideach wrote: »

Nothing for months, 50 last week and 2 x 50 this week (both from the one large batch). Good glitch to all of you.

Enjoy the glitch.Hope there might be more left in yours.
Mine has deserted me but was nice while it lasted,

sportsfan90

I got my first €50 win today!!

€65,000 invested since October 2020.

I’ll take that, Happy days.

Hibernicis

Winnings on 6th November €50
Last win: 23rd October €50
Weeks since last win: 2

2017 (Jul-Dec) - €100k – 7x€50 = €350
2018 (Jan-Dec) - €200k – 12x€50 = €600
2019 (Jan-Dec) - €250k – 20x€50 = €1,000
2020 (Jan-Nov) - €252k - 22x€50 = €1,100

adox

Nothing for me this week.

They are keeping their powder dry before showering me with money at Christmas.

Andrew Flexing

No Joy.
My winning steak ends today. I had a good run.

Jan: XXXXX
Feb: €XXX
Mar: XXX€
Apr: €XX€
May:€€XX
Jun: XXXX
Jul: €XXX
Aug: XXXXX
Sep: €XXX
Oct: XXX€€
Nov: X

dxhound2005

Nothing for me. Number of €50 prizes each draw in Nov 5697, up from 5612 in Oct and 4998 in January. This is a 14% increase since the start of the year, and would make the fund value now well over the €4 billion mark, around €4.165 billion.

One of the €1,000 winners today would be from around 1958. I hope they are still alive to get the money. When I won €1,000 in 2010 and 2015 I had to post them the bond for verification, before they issued the reinvestment bond.

PB2018

Wins on 6th November 2020: €0
Last win - 25th September 2020: €50
Weeks since last win: 6
€134k invested in prize bonds since July 2017
Win ratio: 21 wins in 175 weeks (12%)
2017 (Jul-Dec): 5 x €50 = €250
2018 (Jan-Dec): 4 x €50 = €200
2019 (Jan-Dec): 5 x €50 = €250
2020 (Jan-date): 7 x €50 = €350

Patsy167

Savers flock to prize bonds as pandemic boosts savings
Prize fund at all-time high as money invested almost doubles


https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/savers-flock-to-prize-bonds-as-pandemic-boosts-savings-1.4402456

Thargor

Patsy167 wrote: »

Savers flock to prize bonds as pandemic boosts savings
Prize fund at all-time high as money invested almost doubles


https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/savers-flock-to-prize-bonds-as-pandemic-boosts-savings-1.4402456

That would explain the endless drought here of late on my 100k, hopefully finally going to buy a house and get some tenants in in the next few months now. Never touching these again after that, once I have tenants in as a second income stream I'll be firing money into risky investments looking for my first million without a care in the world :pac:

dxhound2005

Thargor wrote: »

That would explain the endless drought here of late on my 100k, hopefully finally going to buy a house and get some tenants in in the next few months now. Never touching these again after that, once I have tenants in as a second income stream I'll be firing money into risky investments looking for my first million without a care in the world :pac:

As long as the interest rate stays the same, then your odds of winning stay the same as well. Because the €50 prizes go up or down (always up for years) every month to match the fund.

Rounded to 7 x €50 wins in any 52 draws for €100K with average luck. How far are you off that since last November?

John arse

Thargor wrote: »

That would explain the endless drought here of late on my 100k, hopefully finally going to buy a house and get some tenants in in the next few months now. Never touching these again after that, once I have tenants in as a second income stream I'll be firing money into risky investments looking for my first million without a care in the world :pac:

yeah you're right there,good luck with your investments

John arse

sportsfan90 wrote: »

I got my first €50 win today!!

€65,000 invested since October 2020.

I’ll take that, Happy days.

yeah i've 66k in at the moment(had a lot more),not getting a sniff.good luck going forward.

tuisginideach

dxhound2005 wrote: »

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Rounded to 7 x €50 wins in any 52 draws for €100K with average luck. How far are you off that since last November?

I’m on c80% of that calculation Nov 2019- to date.

Taylor365

€50! Stop the press!

Brings yearly total to €150 on 50k.

0.3%! Yay!

dxhound2005

DIRT free. Anyone liable for DIRT won't get anything close to those figures from easy access, no strings accounts anywhere else.

maebee

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipP_o9Z4T-UaDWAozqFK3sI0lj2I0GhXcHwEYY8I This will do nicely

John arse

i notice a few people keeping their cards close to their chest regarding their investment amount? its not like we know identities though?

Taylor365

dxhound2005 wrote: »

DIRT free. Anyone liable for DIRT won't get anything close to those figures from easy access, no strings accounts anywhere else.

And the other side of the coin is up 3k on 30k in stocks.


Just as easy, when you know how to create the account, deposit and withdrawn, fill in the forms, pay the taxes, etc. :pac:

John arse wrote: »

i notice a few people keeping their cards close to their chest regarding their investment amount? its not like we know identities though?

Yea right. I see you Mr. John of Arse

LawBoy2018

2k worth of prize bonds thus far and no win yet! Lol. I might be waiting a while if the posts in this thread are anything to go by...

Bubbaclaus

LawBoy2018 wrote: »

2k worth of prize bonds thus far and no win yet! Lol. I might be waiting a while if the posts in this thread are anything to go by...

With average luck, you would be hoping for a win once every 7 years with a 2k holding.

LawBoy2018

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

With average luck, you would be hoping for a win once every 7 years with a 2k holding.

Hahah I hope to have more soon! I only started buying them in October.