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The art of "grubbing" has been a favorite pasttime of message board participants for many years. It consists of posting a message at the exact moment needed to get an distinctive "milestone" message number assigned by the system.

We have taken the art to a new level by creating the means for users to submit their Wild Ass Guess (WAG) for the date and time of future grubs... with the potential to win valuable prizes for the most accurate guesses. Participants have the opportunity to "win" a grub without being present when it occurs.

The gory details are listed below in no particular order and are (of course) subject to change without notice. For those who prefer to jump in head first, here's the quick and dirty explanation:

Each day, users earn entry entitlements which can be exercised on the following day (or they will expire).

• Registered users posting at least once to an Investment Forum board will receive at least one entry entitlement.
• Additional entitlements are earned at the rate of one (1) entry entitlement for every five (5) posts to Investment Forum boards.
• Active subscribers will also be entitled to a minimum of one entry entitlement even if they do not make the required post.
• We may occasionally introduce other means for users to earn additional entry entitlements.

There may be one or more "WAG" contests open at any given time. A link to the WAG Summary of open contests, your entitlements, and contest deadlines can be found accessed by clicking on Contest at the top of any page or from the Community page.

• Users cannot view the entries of other users until the final entry deadline has passed for each contest.
• Duplicate entries will not be allowed. In the event that a duplicate date/time is submitted you will be returned to the entry form. (There are 86,400 possibilities for each calendar day.)
• Some contests may offer an "early" deadline; winning entries submitted before the early deadline will be entitled to the bonus prize if one has been listed.

Unless otherwise specified, each contest will have a grand prize awarded to the user making the closest WAG. In the event of a tie, the two closest WAGs will split the prize. The runners up will be the WAG's closest to the winning WAG, one on each "side" of the winner, and each will receive the runners up prizes (split in the event of ties). Runners up winners may also be eligible for bonuses if their WAG was submitted prior to the early deadline.

For example, if a contest lists Grand Prizes of $400/$50/$50 and Early Guess bonus Prizes of $200/$25/$25, the winner will receive $400, and each runners up will receive $50. If the Grand Prize winner submitted the winning entry before the Early Guess Deadline, they will receive and additional $200, and each runners up submitting their winning entry before the Early Guess Deadline will receive an additional $25. Other prizes may be listed in the Comments section of each contest.

The fine print:

• Contest rules are subject to change without notice.
• No purchase necessary in order to win.
• Qualifying site Members will receive entry "entitlements" each day which can be utilized the following day.
• Unused entitlements will expire daily at midnight Eastern time.
• Members making at least one (1) post to an Investment forum board will be entitled to a Wag entry on the following day.
• Each Member account will receive one (1) additional entry entitlement for every five (5) posts made to Investment forum boards on the previous day.
• In the event there is no exact winner, the grand prize winner and runners up (if any) will be rewarded to the next closest entry to the winning date/time. One prize per Member per Contest.
• In the event of a tie, prize monies will be split between the tied entries and each will receive the offered subscription prize (if any).
• Owners, employees, and contractors of Silicon Investor and their families are ineligible to win prizes.
• Member account must be in good standing at the time winning post is submitted in order to qualify.
• Members found to be abusing their posting privileges in order to manipulate their entitlements, and members posting in violation of our Terms of Use may have their entries voided and/or their eligibility forfeited, solely at the discretion of Silicon Investor.

* Member refers to a registered user account. No subscription is required.
* Subscriber refers to a Member with a currenty active subscription of any type.