On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:45:05 +0000, "jim.gm4dhj"
<kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On 16/03/2023 11:15, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> I don't think you can even buy small numbers any more. The friends I was
>> talking about had a couple of thousand pounds worth both old then new. I did
>> say it was anecdotal. But randomness is improvable, so how you find out can
>> only be t through statistics.
>> Brian
>>
>I took out £15k and won a load of small prizes...to begin with...why I
>think it is a fiddle

Cousin and her husband, both retired teachers, both have £50,000
holdings. Between them they win £100-150 a month most months, missing
once or twice a year.
A few years ago I read an article that said recent numbers win more
often than older ones because there are more of them. Someone could
check that against the database of winners. I won 4 x £25 last year,
with numbers that I hadn't had for a year.

On 16-Mar-23 11:15, Brian Gaff wrote:
> I don't think you can even buy small numbers any more. The friends I was
> talking about had a couple of thousand pounds worth both old then new. I did
> say it was anecdotal. But randomness is improvable, so how you find out can
> only be t through statistics.

Minimum seems to be £25 now.

But the £1, which bought you a single bond in 1956, had the same buying
power as £32 now.

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Sam Plusnet

On 16/03/2023 18:51, Peter Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:45:05 +0000, "jim.gm4dhj"
> <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16/03/2023 11:15, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> I don't think you can even buy small numbers any more. The friends I was
>>> talking about had a couple of thousand pounds worth both old then new. I did
>>> say it was anecdotal. But randomness is improvable, so how you find out can
>>> only be t through statistics.
>>> Brian
>>>
>> I took out £15k and won a load of small prizes...to begin with...why I
>> think it is a fiddle
>
> Cousin and her husband, both retired teachers, both have £50,000
> holdings. Between them they win £100-150 a month most months, missing
> once or twice a year.
> A few years ago I read an article that said recent numbers win more
> often than older ones because there are more of them. Someone could
> check that against the database of winners. I won 4 x £25 last year,
> with numbers that I hadn't had for a year.
a fiddle

On 16/03/2023 18:26, Andrew wrote:
> On 15/03/2023 20:32, Colin Bignell wrote:
>> On 15/03/2023 17:51, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> Some say that you should cash in after 5 years and get some newer ones.
>>>   Brian
>>>
>>
>> There is no evidence that makes any difference and the new ones won't
>> be in the draw until one month after the end of the month they are
>> bought in. The way to get regular wins is to have lots of them.
>>
>>
>
> Other people have noticed that if you buy a big holding, you
> tend to get a steady stream of small prizes for 2 years that
> tends to match the yield on a 10-year gilt and then they
> fizzle out.
>
> I keep a spread sheet and one block of £10K has won significantly
> more prizes than other blocks over time.
indeed....a fiddle

On 16/03/2023 13:45, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
> On 16/03/2023 11:15, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> I don't think you can even buy small numbers any more. The friends I was
>> talking about had a couple of thousand pounds worth both old then new.
>> I did
>> say it was anecdotal. But randomness is improvable, so how you find
>> out can
>> only be t through statistics.
>>   Brian
>>
> I took out £15k and won a load of small prizes...to begin with...why I
> think it is a fiddle

What were interest rates when you were winning?
What were interest rates when you weren't?

The number of prizes depends on the total prize fund which is based on
the bank rate.

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Reentrant

On 17/03/2023 17:33, Reentrant wrote:
> On 16/03/2023 13:45, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
>> On 16/03/2023 11:15, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> I don't think you can even buy small numbers any more. The friends I was
>>> talking about had a couple of thousand pounds worth both old then
>>> new. I did
>>> say it was anecdotal. But randomness is improvable, so how you find
>>> out can
>>> only be t through statistics.
>>>   Brian
>>>
>> I took out £15k and won a load of small prizes...to begin with...why I
>> think it is a fiddle
>
>
> What were interest rates when you were winning?
> What were interest rates when you weren't?
>
> The number of prizes depends on the total prize fund which is based on
> the bank rate.
>
>
no idea