It’s Premium Bonds draw day.

£25 for me. A win so I’m happy.

£100, going in the right direction ⬆️

Just £25 for me.

£100 for me! That doubles my total winning in 4 years!

£100 here

£150 for me and £125 for t’other half. That’ll do for August, thanking you.

£1100 on not that many bonds 🙂

Lucky you, the more I buy the less I win.

£100 this month, £25 last month after a long lean spell

Planning to buy a load more soon as a useful tax free savings vehicle now rates are up

£100 for me, not to be sneezed at I suppose but works out at 3.8% so less than I could have got with easy access savings. Plus that’s a guaranteed return of course.

£100 here too.

£50 for me

More chance of a big prize next month folks – but not THE big prize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66438764

Youngest has won 5 times in the 6 months since he bought his bonds, 5% return in that time 👍 I’ve probably jinxed him now 🤔

My first draw is coming up. I’m excited. It’s only a matter of time before I double my money surely.

Another £25. A bonus given I’d reduced my holding to gain a guaranteed return from a savings account.

Single prize of £100 this month. Return running at around 4.8% so far. Considering it’s only recently been possible to beat that with an easy access account I don’t think I’m doing badly.

Back to nothing this month.

£100 for me

😎

£0 for my wife

💩

Ooh, I got four £100s, Mrs BigJohn got one £100 and three £50s.

I might nip down to Parker’s the fishmonger and Tomlinson the butcher this morning to see if they’ve got something nice.

£125 this month. With interest rates as they are I would be getting more money each month if I put the money into my current account but then I can’t win big amounts on a current account so will leave in bonds just in case.

Nought this month, live in hope it will be a big win next time around.

£50 for me
£300 for mrs Zip.
£100 for mrs zips mum.
I got more for less in Chase

£200 x 2 in the sproot house

£5000 and £50 for me this month 😁

Sword all 😕

3x £100 for Mrs BS and 2 x £50 for me.

New Bike Day for TheGingerOne I feel…

£500 between us in the INVG household.  Much more fun than getting an interest payment🤠

I got more for less in Chase

At over £450 a month you’ll be doing a self assessment soon and paying interest on that*, so it’ll swing to PBS in favour.

* I think.

Two months of bog all 🥺

1 Prize = £500, nice one!

Nothing for me.

What do you use your premium bonds accounts for?

For me it’s my rainy day money and holiday/new bike budget.

Me – £50.
Mrs Lawman – 1 x £500 and 1 x £100.
There’s something fishy in the state of Shropshire… given that I bought most of her bonds in the first place.

Nowt 😕

Big fat zero.

£5000 and £50 for me this month

Ooh, nice!

Well done the winners, I sold all mine having held them for years.  Fixed at 6% so after basic rate tax, that’s 200 net per month.  I had 2 consecutive months of no wins, so that was the trigger.

May go back in, the million pound win was introduced mid 90s, it’s 2.5mn in today’s money.

£370 across the whole family.

£100 for me in my first ever draw.

We have to take the whole lot out next year when we remortgage so we’ve got 12 months to win a big one.

£700! Woo-hoo!