:-) "Those who try will be "prosecuted.""

Tres Mafioso. Bravo Microsoft.

i have done some basic maths and the maximum number of points you can get before it is canceled is only 5300 while the top prize needs 5500 points.

this is also the only reasonable prize you can get.

do they think we are all idiots.

We have bot nets, we have ID theft, we have phishing and someone is getting rich. Many people do not think, all they see are shiny things and they reach for them. Therefore I conclude the average Internet user is an idiot. OK idiot could be to strong a word, perhaps ill informed, ignorant or lacking imagination are better descriptions. Whatever the case, ms are going to win a few hits with this promotion, at least until its over and those who fell for the con go back to a search engine they can rely upon.

is always gambling. Just ask the LSE.

(PS I know this is unfair, I have no idea whether their toasterification of the LSE computer system had anything to do with it spontaneously freezing, just like my WinXP laptop does every now and then.)

I wonder now that Microsoft is running a gambling outfit they will have their domains seized.

Maybe their marketing department had "Shomeshing to shmoke".

However I'm guessing that the odds of winning are suitably stacked against you. It be interesting to see what the actual odds are.

"If useful search results don't work, then money or prices probably will." Certainly worth a try for anything is possible when probable.

Is the Maverick Wall Street Thinking that Good Gamblers are Worth Rewarding with Bigger Rewards Guaranteeing Huge Wins? Reverse Engineering that Sentence would Open up a Can of Worms when Transparently Shielded and Fielded as Losses..

Every things a gamble with Microsoft & you can never win...