Premium Bonds Have I Won

Premium Bonds Have I Won

. 5 years who have never won at all Theres also some areas of eye condition and disease the country that never win either I challenge anyone to prove to me this is all purely random Its a FIX from that weazel Gordon Brown lining his own pocket no doubt Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: roverbrm on 10/09/04 at 01:00 AM Aren't they launching a new version of ERNIE? I wonder if this one is more reliable Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: neverme on 10/09/04 at 01:00 AM Yes the new Ernie came in this month and an article in a magazine says that Ernies engineers have now admitted that the old one was not truly random at all but developed a pattern of numbers which it constantly repeated.

There are far more prizes in the southern half of britain but probably more people there can afford the maximum so have a better chance.
The thermal noise measured is a result of random electron and material behaviour in the transistors. Perhaps there is some skullduggery going on with ERNIE Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: bkbar on 03/02/06 rosetta stone language spanish at 07:10 PM Buy in blocks. biggest was £500 a few yrs ago. Can anyone out there persuade me otherwise?Thanks in anticipation of your reply Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: neverme on 19/08/04 at 01:00 AM Between myself and my family and several friends we have held £30K in premium Bonds since they came out in 1956.

I have sent loads of emails asking why I was having such bad luck. Coming up with genuinely random numbers using a computer is deceptively hard because software can only mimic true unpredictability – so eventually patterns can emerge. but had gone 5 months without anything. 15% is set aside as prize money.
NOT A SAUSAGE Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: Microbe on 10/03/06 at 12:13 AM marian54: How do 'you look as though you are giving up' on Ernie for him to then to'keep you interested' with a win? Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: marion54 on 20/05/07 at 09:19 PM I've just found my post of 2 years ago reporting a win of £50 on 19 May 2005! Well on Friday 18 May 2007 I got another win of £100.
Someone told me if you look as though you are giving up you get a win to keep you interested! Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: jsulway on 02/06/05 at 10:28 AM It uses a specialised chipset developed by Intel to generate random numbers. hence proving me right in what i have said for 40 yrs Now how to get NS @I to compensate all those who have lost out is the question Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: arricarry on 24/05/05 at 10:33 AM Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: sdotyam on 28/07/05 at 12:21 PM Random?The new ernie doesnt seem to be any more random than the old one? That benning bush ft visit is if they`ve changed it yet. The noise is used to control the speed of an oscillator in order to churn out binary numbers.

The result compares with the general view that stock market returns average around 6% a year.

I am supposed to win at least one prize a month for my holdings.
. You can cash your bonds anytime after the 1st of the month.
The first one in all that time! I have added to my holding during that time though so its about time I had a win! Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: juliancooke on 05/09/05 at 12:18 PM When I get new bonds I get several wins but then they dry up so I sell them and buy new again andsurprise, surpriseI get several wins again.

The odds are 1 in 24,000 of winning "a" prize in any one month for every £1 bond. All untrue they cry! So who won the july 05 million?Winner lived in hertfordshire, had max holding and winning bond was 2 years old Hmm. so now I send them one email a month!Your poor luck slip knot left behind seems incredible.
Wonder how much he got paid for those ads.
If it's really such a good deal, how come one rarely hears of Premium Bond winners.

Gonna buy some new ones and see what happens. .
From these categories the prizes have been awarded as follows:- 8 digits = 10 prizes, 9 digits = 122 prizes, 10 digits = 1748 prizes and 11 digits = 2 prizes.
How else could one clothing from helsing van survive old boy. This is happening at the moment5 wins in 4 months with bonds bought in March. Every bond has exactly the same chance of being drawn in each draw. A check of the winners list for February, as shown on page 539 on Channel 4 teletex, will promptly dispel such myths.

Report this post to a moderator » 8 repliesNS&I and Premium Bonds Posted by: neverme on 25/08/04 at 01:00 AM I too have sent them an email every month for the last 18 months. Premium Bonds Premium Bond Prizes This is Money Searchfor stories, company prices & more Enter company name or ticker to pearl jam man of the hour lyric get price This is Money is proud to be approved by the Plain English Campaign • I Remember When. This means, very roughly about 63% chance of a prize and 37% chance of no prize each month. RegardsDave Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: bardann on 05/07/05 at 08:15 PM I too think you have more chance of winning with £5000 bonds. I have had about 9 wins in last year. Still awaiting the big one but my part of the country is never mentioned in the big prizes. This once again leads to the questiondo new numbers have a greater success rate, than the older, 8 digit numbers? By the way, my last block of numbers were 11 digit, with only 2 prizes awarded is it worth continuing purchasing in the future? Or, as more 11 digit numbers are issued, will we see an increase in the quantity of 11 digit winners? Only time will tell, until then fingers crossed.

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Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: neverme on 16/06/05 at 12:08 AM If as you say theres no true randomness and that the Intel chip will settle into a pattern of picking numbers it simply backs what i have been saying I have even trawled through ever single prize list for last 6 months and not one of my 6 different prefixes have appeared Something is definitely wrong with ERNIE only they wont admit it Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: mbale375 on 20/06/05 at 02:51 PM Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: dthomp on 05/07/05 at 06:34 PM I have noticed during the last three months of scrutinising the list of prize winners published on this web site that a lot of prizes between £100,000 and the £5,000 levels are won by bonds which were in a block of 5000 bonds i. If ERNIE is truly random how come 10 digit numbers account for 96% of the prizes? If you take the 8 digit numbers (2 alpha 6 numeric) you have 529 million combinations (there are no I,O or U, someone please correct me if I am wrong), but from all these combinations there were only 10 prizes won.
Mark Ashbey Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: wahiba on 07/12/05 at 12:42 PM Anyone know the odds of winning on Premium Bonds held since beginning of 1950'sExactly the same as the last ones bought. I have held a block of £100 since 1985 and won £50 last month which is the first and only win I have had. Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: mbale375 on 07/07/05 at 09:01 AM Just out of interest, if some people believe that consecutive Premium Bonds have a greater probability of winning, does it follow that they believe that consecutive lottery numbers (i. The odds of NOT winning a prize in Jan 2007 if you have £30k worth are hard to calculate quickly (for me!) but a very rough calculation indicates that it is less than about 3 in 8 or 0.
e the actual block of winning bonds which in most cases formed part of the lucky bond holders's larger total holdings of bonds.
I have £10k and change them roughly every two years and for the last 4 years have averaged prizes of £300 per year in £50s.

Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: kingsammy on 06/05/05 at 06:24 PM Oerrr! what's the scandal?I have 15k in and have won quite a few times now.
not one of us has won a penny I know theres a darn great scandal going on with ERNIE. In fact, I don't think many people were aware of their existence until they recruited Sir Alan Sugar.

Intel's random number generating chip uses thermal noise – changes in human right in world politics the voltage and heat energy given offfrom transistors as its source of randomness. 375 likelihood each draw is less than 1 to the power of ten to the minus 100. Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: hursty9 on 31/10/06 at 03:38 PM Firstly: to clear up a big misconception: at present rates, 3. • Website Navigation News and City brain injury law firm • News and current affairs • Stocks and shares talking point • Homes, mortgages and house prices • Deals and tips, scams and rip offs • Banks, saving and investing • Debt, budgeting, loans and credit cards • Tax, wills, small business, self-employed • Retirement planning and pensions Specials • Orphan assets: windfalls from with-profits • Rip-off bank charges • Reclaiming PPI (payment protection insurance) BACKBanks, saving and investing Posted by: jbeilby on 08/07/04 at 01:00 AM Anyone know the odds of winning on Premium Bonds held since beginning of 1950's Report this post to a moderator » Posted by: alimen on 10/07/04 at 01:00 AM Hi jbeilby,Wish I knew the answer to your question!If you find out before I do, will you please let me know?I have 'quite a few' and am seriously considering cashing them all in.