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My JP Morgan (nee Nutmeg) is running at 4.35%, so i'm covered there. But the NS&I has a funky, animated app which shows your winnings when you hit reveal results, and the suspense of that alone is worth it! :D
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:21 am My JP Morgan (nee Nutmeg) is running at 4.35%, so i'm covered there. But the NS&I has a funky, animated app which shows your winnings when you hit reveal results, and the suspense of that alone is worth it! :D

Don't think my ' reveal results ' button is working correctly. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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First win in ages, £25 off £9k

I'm pulling most of it out for another opportunity which guarantees 7%
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First win for a while for me last month too. £25

Dunno yet this month.

The £5k's worth I bought for my missus in October have, so far, returned £0. I think she may start to doubt my financial acumen. :lol:
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I took the majority of mine out when I bought another car as an investment, so I haven't won a bean on the few grand left in there.
I've topped it back up to the max now so let's see what happens, but I'm sure it's fiddled so they never pay out anywhere near what the average is supposed to be, if it wasn't for the tax implications it would make more sense to buy their 5yr fixed bonds at 4% and just forget about it.
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£100 + £50 :thumbup:

(From £5k, so 3.5% in 2 months after £25 last month, so not unhappy with that).
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75 😐
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Nada.
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 8:59 amNada.
See? Told you should be invested in stocks and shares.

Oh..wait..hang on a minute. :cry:
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gremlin wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:02 am
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 8:59 amNada.
See? Told you should be invested in stocks and shares.

Oh..wait..hang on a minute. :cry:
Iirc there's only 4k in the premiums, I took a load out to pay off the mortgage.

The £25 I put in my Trading 212 Sticks and shares ISA is now worth £43.

The BP shares have done amazingly.
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:05 am
gremlin wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:02 am
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 8:59 amNada.
See? Told you should be invested in stocks and shares.

Oh..wait..hang on a minute. :cry:
Iirc there's only 4k in the premiums, I took a load out to pay off the mortgage.

The £25 I put in my Trading 212 Sticks and shares ISA is now worth £43.

The BP shares have done amazingly.
I would post up a graph of my holiday savings pot but you'd think it was Noggins posting one of her photos of the steep mountain terrain.

Still, not to stress. Trump's got a highly detailed plan and it's all gonna be fine. Oh, yes. Tickity-boo. :think:
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£100
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£25 between us, which is diabolical considering we've both got the max in.

We've been properly stitched up and the ISA limit needs to be raised to the same limits as these bonds, then people would have a genuine pension alternative if the interest rates stayed around 4-5%. You could spend the years stacking up your ISA and get a decent amount in and then take that tax free income as a pension, it's obviously not for everyone but I think it would work out net positive for the government when all weighed up.

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3 prizes totalling £100. :thumbup:

Nutmeg/JPM down £25 :thumbdown:
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Nothing again this month, think i'll be moving it to an isa when the new financial year window opens on the 6th.
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Sod all :(
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crust wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 4:25 pmSod all :(
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£175 :thumbup:
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Zilch
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Woo hoo £125 :bblonde: :bblonde: :bblonde:

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