Postcode Lottery / National Lottery

[oakiecokie]

The odds are stacked against you. You are better off buying Premium Bonds. The prizes aren't generally massive, but you have a better chance of winning, and of course you can sell your stake whenever you like.

Premium Bonds !! Me and my sister have had them for more that 60 years and neither of us have ever won a penny.

 

[staffsblue]

Premium Bonds !! Me and my sister have had them for more that 60 years and neither of us have ever won a penny.

Really? I win at least £25 each month, and it was £175 this month. Depends on your holdings I guess

 

[horlock_was_super]

Me Nan won £1500 on five numbers back in the early 2000’s on the National lottery, she was absolutely chuffed to bits, if that was me I’d of been absolutely devastated I didn’t get the sixth! I won’t lie, I’d hate somebody I knew (unless immediate family) to win a big jackpot :) never done the postcode one, but I might going off the success rates on ere, I have a subscription with Omaze, there’s something about winning a big F-off house & a bit of cash, although checking your entry is hard work, don’t know why they make it so difficult, just have a page with the winning entry & yours on

I was actually talking to a mate who does this Omaze at the weekend - they've just cancelled it.
His Mrs has been doing some research into the winners and it seems that whenever the house is down south it's always won by a southerner and she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it too.

 

[Blackley_Blue]

I know of a couple who recently hit big on the postcode lottery.


A girl my wife knew won enough to put a large deposit on a house and a few years later won some more money at the new house/postcode.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Like all non specific major charities now I wouldn't give anything to them.

My only concessions are local hospice shops and the Alzheimer's charity because it's such a shit thing to have and it needs sorting pronto.

The worst thing about the lottery is that people don't pick random numbers and they get trapped in playing the same numbers with the mindset that if they don't do it every week their numbers might come in so they feel they HAVE to.

I got trapped into the same numbers thing ,took me years to figure out if I stopped and didn't check the numbers each week it made no difference.

 

[Blackley_Blue]

I was actually talking to a mate who does this Omaze at the weekend - they've just cancelled it.
His Mrs has been doing some research into the winners and it seems that whenever the house is down south it's always won by a southerner and she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it too.

I played it for the first time for the Yorkshire house draw.

Put a tenner on and won a £10 Amazon voucher as a "runner up prize"

I must admit, when I saw the "congratulations" email, i shit my pants and had already gone over my resignation speech in my head before I'd read the body of the email.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I was actually talking to a mate who does this Omaze at the weekend - they've just cancelled it.
His Mrs has been doing some research into the winners and it seems that whenever the house is down south it's always won by a southerner and she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it too.

Bit like the Family Stand that used to clean up at City then.

 

[oakiecokie]

Really? I win at least £25 each month, and it was £175 this month. Depends on your holdings I guess

Both my sister and I received them from a dear old aunt as a Christmas present way back in the late 1950s.
Can you guess how I felt as and 8/9 year old upon opening my "present" from them on Christmas morning.
Yep, not a happy bunny.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

A mate of mine ( who has in the past posted on here but I won't name him ) and his wife won £55,000 a few weeks ago.

If it was @BlueMoonRisin’ I bet he still won't get a round in.....

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Do they love in Duki by any chance? Family member also won £55k a few weeks ago

Yes mate, they do