Odds and Sods

Two v short links today

Firstly (for UK readers) have you ever wondered what the odds are of winning on Premium Bonds

Nice article here https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/premium-bonds-odds-of-winning-132223817.html

“To have a 50/50 chance of winning even £50, a saver who put in £1,000 would have to wait more than 200 years. To have an equal chance of winning £1m, someone with £1,000 invested would have to wait 3.2 million years.”

And if you are interested in the memoirs of a famous bookie – I can very much recommend Odds and Sods: My Life in the Betting Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odds-Sods-Life-Betting-Business/dp/0340546840/