{"id":32483,"date":"2015-05-30T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/premium-bonds-a-safe-bet-for-your-savings-or-just-a-waste-of-time\/"},"modified":"2016-11-01T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:00:16","slug":"premium-bonds-a-safe-bet-for-your-savings-or-just-a-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/premium-bonds-a-safe-bet-for-your-savings-or-just-a-waste-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Premium bonds: a safe bet for your savings or just a waste of time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nOne investor won \u00a31m with just \u00a3400 in holdings earlier this year, but the odds are stacked against consumers in this lottery-style investment productIf you are one of the UK\u2019s 21 million premium bond holders and haven\u2019t had much luck, you may be convinced that you need to have a big sum invested to be in with the chance of winning the \u00a31m jackpot. Yet, as recently as January this year, a woman from Leeds struck lucky and bagged the top prize with just \u00a3400 in total holdings.But while this is proof that such a win is possible, it is rare. Generally, the more you have invested, the greater your chances of winning a prize. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/may\/30\/premium-bonds-safe-savings-waste-time\" target=\"_blank\">Premium bonds: a safe bet for your savings or just a waste of time?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; One investor won \u00a31m with just \u00a3400 in holdings earlier this year, but the odds&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-8rV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43171,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/not-so-happy-days-nsi-slashes-premium-bonds-prize-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":32483,"position":0},"title":"Not so happy days: NS&amp;I slashes premium bonds prize pot","date":"February 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Britain\u2019s 21 million bond holders will have same chances but be more likely to win smaller sums in cut to \u2018prize fund rate\u2019Having a flutter on the premium bonds is about to get less attractive following a decision to slash the total prize pot. 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