10,000,000th Page View Contest! Prize: Red Exquisites Signed by Bill Kalush!

[Don Boyer]

As of a few moments ago, the board had 9,583,425 page views since the moment the doors first opened.  The number, of course, keeps climbing.  I thought it would be nice to celebrate the day that view #10,000,000 occurs, so we're having a contest!

It's very simple.  You get ONE entry TWO entries.  Write a post here with the date that you think the 10,000,000th view will happen.  Posting more than one entry disqualifies all entries you have made.  Editing your entry disqualifies your entry.  So when you pick your day, make it count!

I will be checking the board at 8PM EST every day (that's 5PM PST and 1AM the following day UTC/GMT) for the total page views.  When we reach 9,900,000 entries, I will announce that ALL ENTRIES WILL BE CLOSED and no new entries will be accepted.  When we reach 10,000,000 views, I will take all the correct guesses and hold a random drawing among them at random.org.  The winner of that drawing will receive one Red Exquisite deck, created by the Expert Playing Card Company - the deck won't even be released until 6pm tonight, but I already have one, courtesy of CARC founder and owner William Kalush, which he has graciously donated for this contest.

The red version of this deck is the rare version, and to make it even more rare, Bill has signed the deck.  All Red Exquisites come shipped in an exclusive deck jacket made especially for that deck - your deck will be signed on the deck jacket, so the deck itself will remain sealed in its original cellophane, perfect for retaining its value since it doesn't have a paper seal!  It's also great for allowing you to display the autographed deck!

Remember the contest rules, happy guessing and I will post photos of the autographed deck shortly (as well as my opened pack so you can see what the prize looks like inside)!  Good luck, everyone!

EDIT: just added the photo!  My opened pack of reds and the sealed pack signed by Bill.  It has those really cool "old school" faces on the courts, with the usual custom King heads.

EDIT: a chart to see who is choosing what date.  No guarantees it is up to date at any given moment, so check your local listings...

EDIT: New rule - at nearly 9,800,000 I permitted all players to place a second guess to help negate the effect of people who may be attempting to boost the page views and trigger an early 10,000,000th view.  NO NEW GUESSES PERMITTED after Curt or I have declared we're past the 9,900,000th view mark.

EDIT: the limit has been reached - NO NEW ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!  Best of luck to you all!

Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
Dec. 8	Dec. 9	Dec. 10	Dec. 11	Dec. 12	Dec. 13	Dec. 14 Knobz1
Dec. 15 ruicorreia	Dec. 16	Dec. 17	Dec. 18 John B.(2)	Dec. 19 flyers3003	Dec. 20 HandSkillz Nurul(2) BastianBJ(2)	Dec. 21 TheDirkPitt badpete69(2)
Dec. 22 PurpleIce Siegismyname(2) TheDirkPitt(2)	Dec. 23 chach	XMAS EVE Rob Wright Barry Hurton(2) Sher143(2) Justin O.(2) Jupiter3(2)	XMAS DAY Alchemy8905 Mydnyght Sharpie MagikFingerz	BOXING DAY anhedonia HandSkillz(2) PurpleIce(2) Rob Wright(2) Jupiter3 MagikFingerz(2)	Dec. 27 silverboi Wilko KPopFever605(2) Shade(2) Mydnyght(2) Firdawesome	Dec. 28 John B. anhedonia(2) flyers3003(2) yoelanshel Sharpie(2) speedyy400(2)
Dec. 29 KPopFever605 volantangel(2) Lee Asher yoelanshel(2) Firdawesome(2)	Dec. 30 kdklown Leif(2) Sparkz(2) Michael	N.Y. EVE speedyy400 Knobz1(2)	N.Y. DAY rousselle Michael(2) MrMollusk(2)	Jan. 2 MrMollusk	Jan. 3 AtomSmash	Jan. 4 Sparkz Colorless Concept
Jan. 5 BastianBJ	EPIPHANY sqratch	Jan. 7 rave volantangel	Jan. 8 Leif	Jan. 9 Lee Asher(2) Joker and the Thief(2) Colorless Concept(2)	Jan. 10	Jan. 11 the assman
Jan. 12	Jan. 13 phantom1412	Jan. 14 Justin O. mirciusx PrincessTrouble(2)	Jan. 15 sprouts1115 atsquare	Jan. 16	Jan. 17 Fanofyankees13	Jan. 18 kmdhstew
Jan. 19	Jan. 20 Robert Adams	Jan. 21 bhong	Jan. 22 Lukeout	Jan. 23 Sher143	Jan. 24	Jan. 25 Joker and the Thief
Jan. 26	Jan. 27	Jan. 28 Nurul Jin Jian	Jan. 29	Jan. 30 BiggerDee	Jan. 31	Feb. 1
Feb. 2	Feb. 3	Feb. 4	Feb. 5	Feb. 6	Feb. 7 Siegismyname	Feb. 8 MattP
Feb. 9	Feb. 10	Feb. 11	Feb. 12	Feb. 13 PrincessTrouble	V-DAY Shade ratledge	Feb. 15
Feb. 16	Feb. 17	Feb. 18	Feb. 19	Feb. 20	Feb. 21	Feb. 22
Feb. 23	Feb. 24	Feb. 25	Feb. 26	Feb. 27	Feb. 28 badpete69 Barry Hurton	Mar. 1

[AtomSmash]

3rd Janurary 2014.

[rousselle]

January 1st, 2014

[kdklown]

December 30, 2013

Thanks Don.

[sliverboi]

27th December 2013

[rave]

January 7th 2014 

[sprouts1115]

So is this like the Price is right?  The closest date?

Jan 15th 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFFGFmn20k

[badpete69]

February 28th 2014

[Don Boyer]

I always forget this part: if no one hits the exact date, I'll be taking the next closest date EARLIER.

And of course, if there's only one person hitting the right date, no need for a random draw, now is there? 

[Knobz1]

December 14th, 2013

[MrMollusk]

January 2nd.

[Nurul]

Jan 28th 2014

[Leif]

Jan 8th 2014

[Shade]

February 14th 2014

[speedyy400]

December 31st 2013 at 9PM =D worth a shot right? haha

[John B.]

December 28th 2013

[Mike Ratledge]

I'll go with Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2014

[BastianBJ]

January the 5th!

[kmdhstew]

Jan 18th, 2014

[Anthony]

January 4th, 2014

[PrincessTrouble]

February 13, 2014

[sqratch]

I am going with January 6th 2014

[phantom1412]

January 13, 2014

[BiggerDee]

1/30/14

[bhong]

January 21, 2014

[Alchemy8905]

December 25th, 2013

[KPopFever605]

December 29th.

[atsquare]

January 15th, 2014.

[volantangel]

7th Jan 2014 =D

[Siegismyname]

Feb 7, 2014

[flyers3003]

December 19th, 2013

[the assman]

January 11, 2014

[Fanofyankees13]

January 17th, 2014

[Sher143]

January 23, 2014

[chach]

December 23 rd, 2013

[Don Boyer]

December 31st 2013 at 9PM =D worth a shot right? haha

I'm only looking for a date, so 31st of December it is.

BTW: the count is being checked at 8PM EST daily.  If you really wanted 9PM, you should have guessed January 1st!

Curt has graciously volunteered to keep tabs on the count, since my sleep patterns have gone a little screwy in recent days.  If you see a post from him (or Alex/Brxis) announcing the 9,900,000th and 10,000,000th views, it's legit as if it was from me.

[ruicorreia]

December 15

[Wilko]

December 27th 2013

[speedyy400]

December 31st 2013 at 9PM =D worth a shot right? haha

I'm only looking for a date, so 31st of December it is.

BTW: the count is being checked at 8PM EST daily.  If you really wanted 9PM, you should have guessed January 1st!

Curt has graciously volunteered to keep tabs on the count, since my sleep patterns have gone a little screwy in recent days.  If you see a post from him (or Alex/Brxis) announcing the 9,900,000th and 10,000,000th views, it's legit as if it was from me.

Oh I forgot that part =p just a spur of the moment adding the time to it as well. Gladly keeping December 31st 2013 =D

[Robert Adams]

Jan 20th 2014   

[Don Boyer]

Tossed in a calendar-style chart on the first post, so you can see who picked what.  I will try to update this daily.  I will mark days in red text, like this, when a date has passed, so it will be all pretty like an Advent calendar...

As of this edit, we're at 9,630,766 views.

[Barry Hurton]

February 28th, 2014

[Jin Jian]

28th jan 2014

[Don Boyer]

Chart is updated.

We're presently at 9,652,721 views.

[Don Boyer]

The 8pm Monday count, as per Curt, is 9,668,749 views.

[Curt]

Daily update:  9,688,226

[Don Boyer]

We must be getting busier - as of now, we've cracked 9.7 million.  9,703,209 views, to be exact.

[Siegismyname]

It looks like my hopes are slim. Good luck to the rest.

[Curt]

Daily Update: 9,719,009

[chach]

We must be getting busier - as of now, we've cracked 9.7 million.  9,703,209 views, to be exact.

Everyone hitting F5 to up the views, trying to win.

[TheDirkPitt]

12/21/13

[HandSkillz]

I'll guess December 20th 2013.

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,733,179

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,744,207

[Don Boyer]

Daily Update:     9,744,207

BTW: thanks for these updates, Curt!  I appreciate it a lot.

[Nurul]

Ah I'm such an idiot  I wasn't paying attention, I was thinking 10,000,000 post, not page views. Doh 

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,744,207

BTW: thanks for these updates, Curt!  I appreciate it a lot.

No worries mate.

Ah I'm such an idiot  I wasn't paying attention, I was thinking 10,000,000 post, not page views. Doh 

We would need Don to stop slacking so much and actually post a bit to do that. 

[Don Boyer]

Ah I'm such an idiot  I wasn't paying attention, I was thinking 10,000,000 post, not page views. Doh 

We would need Don to stop slacking so much and actually post a bit to do that. 

I've already posted nearly 14% of all the posts on this board!  Done as an average that includes all of the lurkers who've never posted, the average is slightly better than one post per five days.  In that same time frame, I produce nearly SEVENTY-SIX posts on average...

The board's been running approximately 800 days (last week of September, 2012) and to date has almost 84,400 posts.  That's 105.5 posts on average per day.  Assuming that rate remained the same, we wouldn't hit post #10,000,000 until the 94,787th day of operation, or approximately 260 YEARS from opening day...  That would be the year 2273 CE - it is highly unlikely that anyone alive and posting here will live to see that day, and in fact by then the Internet will probably be replaced with some wholly different technology not yet invented, just as we don't do much communicating by telegraph or signal fires these days...

[Curt]

Bit of a later update today: 9,762,844

[anhedonia]

Boxing Day it is then - Dec 26th.
(It's the day I go out to fight everyone!)

[Curt]

Creeping up on 9.8! Daily update:  9,772,558

[Don Boyer]

Boxing Day it is then - Dec 26th.
(It's the day I go out to fight everyone!)

You mean you literally go boxing - and only on Boxing Day?? 

I updated the chart to include your entry.

Creeping up on 9.8! Daily update:  9,772,558

I estimate that we'll hit that mark perhaps two days from now, judging from the present rate of speed at which we're moving.

{Pssst!  You.  Yeah, you!  Come ovah here...}
{There's a big surprise comin' at 9,800,000 page views!  Keep it hush-hush f'now...}

[Curt]

Daily count:     9,786,045

[Don Boyer]

Daily count:     9,786,045

I was going to wait on this, but I'll launch it now!  I'm surprised no one caught this secret message, which I've now changed from beige to red:

Boxing Day it is then - Dec 26th.
(It's the day I go out to fight everyone!)

You mean you literally go boxing - and only on Boxing Day?? 

I updated the chart to include your entry.

Creeping up on 9.8! Daily update:  9,772,558

I estimate that we'll hit that mark perhaps two days from now, judging from the present rate of speed at which we're moving.

{Pssst!  You.  Yeah, you!  Come ovah here...}
{There's a big surprise comin' at 9,800,000 page views!  Keep it hush-hush f'now...}

If you don't believe it was there, go selecting text in the original message and see what happens... 

Anyway - Some people have commented about how they think someone's inflating the page views in order to trigger the 10,000,000th view earlier than normally would have occurred without a contest.  I also noticed that some of you, not realizing how quickly page views go by, made some REALLY, REALLY distant future guesses which, if someone is indeed juicing the guesses, means you don't stand a chance.

Effective NOW, you may make a second entry!  It's still a matter of choosing the correct date and remember that if you aren't the only one to guess the correct date, you'll be in a random drawing with the others who guess the same date.  PLEASE mark your second entry as "Second Entry" in the first line of your post.

I did this to more effectively level the playing field and give the wild guessers a better shot.  In addition, as a nice little consolation prize, I'm throwing in three Bicycle Americana decks - these will go to one person in a random drawing of all the LOSING guesses!  So even if you lose, you might just win!  (I'm feeling the Christmas spirit - and I have a LOT of Bicycle Americanas...)

AT THE MOMENT that Curt reports the 8PM EST count exceeds 9,900,000 - NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

[badpete69]

Second Entry

12/21/13

[volantangel]

Second Entry

29/12/13

[Don Boyer]

Chart is updated - please verify your picks on the chart.

[Knobz1]

Second Entry

12/31/2013

[PurpleIce]

First Entry - 22 Dec 

[Nurul]

Second entry

20th December 2013

[Don Boyer]

First Entry - 22 Dec 

You still get a second entry like everyone else...  You could use it two ways:

1) If you're super-confident you picked the correct day, double down on that day and you'll have double the odds in the random drawing, or
2) If you aren't completely certain, pick a second day, perhaps next to the first, to broaden your chances of being in a winning-date drawing in the first place.

[Rob Wright]

First entry
12/24/2013   

[Siegismyname]

Second Entry:

22 Dec 2013

[Leif]

Second entry:
Dec 30 2013

[Lukeout]

jan 22nd

[HandSkillz]

Second entry : December 26

Thanks for having this amazing contest!

[Anthony]

Entry 2: Dec 30th

[Justin O.]

What a fun Idea!

Jan 14th!

[anhedonia]

SECOND GUESS: Dec 28th

[Barry Hurton]

Second entry - 24/12/13

[John B.]

SECOND GUESS: Dec 28th

Dang you I was hoping to be the only person who had that day. I still think its going to hit unsure what I am going to do with my 2nd one. I am waiting to when we are almost to the last minute to submit mark.

[BastianBJ]

Second entry: December 20th 

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,798,710

9:41PM EST EDIT: Just crossed the 9.8 mark!     9,800,484

[Michael]

First entry: December 30, 2013

Second entry: January 1, 2014

[mirciusx]

1st entry 14.01.2014. This is fun!

[MrMollusk]

2nd guess: January 1, 2014

Gotta go New years.

[Don Boyer]

Thanks for having this amazing contest!

You're welcome.  Thank Bill Kalush from Conjuring Arts Research Center - he donated the deck for the contest.

I still think its going to hit unsure what I am going to do with my 2nd one. I am waiting to when we are almost to the last minute to submit mark.

Well, you need to keep an eye on those totals.  They get checked at 8pm EST daily, and if you snooze, you lose - no more guesses once the 9,900,000-views mark is past.

This should serve as a reminder to everyone - do NOT wait too long to make your first OR second guesses.

This is fun!

Glad you think so.

GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE.  The chart is updated, please check it for accuracy!

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,811,838

[KPopFever605]

Second entry: December 27th

[PrincessTrouble]

Second entry: Jan 14

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,823,793

[John B.]

2nd guess, december 18th since no one has it.

[Don Boyer]

Chart's been updated.

Just a reminder to the players who haven't seen my earlier notice - you are now permitted TWO CHANCES to guess the correct date.  ALL CHANCES must be entered before Curt declares the total has exceeded 9,900,000 views!  NO NEW ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT POST.

[PurpleIce]

Second Entry: December 26th 

[Shade]

2nd Guess - Dec 27th 2013 

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,836,958

[Don Boyer]

Chart is updated.

For the curious, there have been no picks so far for these dates:
Mon 16 Dec
Tue 17 Dec
Thu 9 Jan
Fri 10 Jan
Sun 12 Jan
Thu 16 Jan
Sun 19 Jan
Fri 24 Jan - Mon 27 Jan
Wed 29 Jan
Fri 31 Jan - Thu 6 Feb
Sat 8 Feb - Wed 12 Jan
Sat 15 Feb - Thu 27 Jan
Sat Mar 1 - forever

[Sher143]

Second guess: 24 December.

[Curt]

I have got to head out to a Christmas party, so here is a slightly early update:     9,849,233

Looks like only a couple days until we cross the 9.9 million mark. Get your guesses in!

[TheDirkPitt]

2nd guess - 12/22/13

[Joker and the Thief]

January 25th 2014

[Don Boyer]

Chart is updated.

I have got to head out to a Christmas party, so here is a slightly early update:     9,849,233

Looks like only a couple days until we cross the 9.9 million mark. Get your guesses in!

Were YOU planning to make a couple of guesses?

January 25th 2014

Don't wait too long to get your second guess in!

[Curt]

Were YOU planning to make a couple of guesses?

I am enjoying watching all the guesses come in. It wouldn't be as fun if I happened to win.

[HandSkillz]

Were YOU planning to make a couple of guesses?

I am enjoying watching all the guesses come in. It wouldn't be as fun if I happened to win.

You're welcome to make 2 guesses on my behalf and if I win I'll give you half of the prize

[Don Boyer]

Were YOU planning to make a couple of guesses?

I am enjoying watching all the guesses come in. It wouldn't be as fun if I happened to win.

You're welcome to make 2 guesses on my behalf and if I win I'll give you half of the prize

Which half of the deck would you want, the top or the bottom? 

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,863,119

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,875,805

[Don Boyer]

Daily Update:     9,875,805

So close...  it's thisclose!

EVERYONE!  If you haven't made first or second guesses, now's the time!  This count will likely reach 9,900,000 in the next one to three days.

[Rob Wright]

2nd guess is Dec 26,2013   

[MattP]

Feb 8th 2014

[flyers3003]

2nd Guess - December 28th, 2013

[Lee Asher]

December 29th - First Guess

January 9th - Second Guess

Everyone jealous of my new signed Exquisite when I win - Third guess

[Don Boyer]

December 29th - First Guess

January 9th - Second Guess

Everyone jealous of my new signed Exquisite when I win - Third guess

...the look on your face when you don't win - priceless!

(Just kidding!)

Remember, even the losing guesses have a chance at winning something.  If you like Bicycle Americanas, I'd suggest guessing June 17, 1978!

The chart is updated.

[yoel]

December 28th

[Don Boyer]

December 28th

Is that one your second guess?

Please, everyone, to make my life just a teeny bit easier, mark your second guesses as second guesses.

[Mydnyghte]

I'll play

First guess December 25
Second guess December 27

[Joker and the Thief]

SECOND GUESS: Thursday 9th January.

[Justin O.]

Second Guess: Dec. 24th

[Curt]

Daily Total:     9,890,530

Tomorrow looks pretty good for crossing 9.9 million. To be on the safe side, make sure to get your guesses in before tomorrow at 8PM EST.

[Colorless Concept]

Jan. 4,2014

Jan.9 ,2014

[yoel]

December 28th

Is that one your second guess?

Please, everyone, to make my life just a teeny bit easier, mark your second guesses as second guesses.

Dec. 28th First Guess
Dec 29th Second Guess

[Sharpie]

Thought I'd already guessed, but I don't see it.
So here they are, before the deadline.

First Guess - 12/25/13
Second Guess - 12/28/13

[speedyy400]

2nd Guess December 28th 2013 =D
This is super exciting!!

[Firdawesome]

1st Guess: 27 December 2013
2nd Guess: 29 December 2013

[Don Boyer]

I'm going to update the chart shortly.

FYI, we're at 9,896,445 as of a minute ago, only 3,555 views remaining.  It's nearly a certainty that we're hitting 9,900,000 by 8pm Eastern tonight, so think of this as "last call".  Any entries posted after 8pm on the day we hit that number will not be entered - you get to watch from the cheap seats! 

EDIT: update done

[jupiter3]

First guess 26 December 2013
or
Second Guess 24 December 2013

[MagikFingerz]

First guess - 25th of December 2013

Second guess - 26th of December 2013

[Don Boyer]

Gentlemen, ladies (I know they're out there somewhere)...

It's official!  We've crossed 9,900,000 views!

You all have until 8:00:00 PM EST TONIGHT to get in your final guesses!  No posts will be accepted later!

That's 5:00:00 PST, and 01:00:00 tomorrow morning UTC/GMT.

I'll wait until after then to update the chart - and that will be the final update!

[Curt]

Alright! Times up. Any guesses below this post are not eligible. Good luck everyone and keep watching this thread for daily updates.

Today's update: 9,904,821

[Don Boyer]

First of all, thanks to everyone who participated in our contest!

Second, now that all the entries are locked in - it looks like chach might have a good shot of taking it on his own!  I know there's been a lot of guessing for Christmas Eve through Boxing Day, but the views have been going up since the new management came in and said hello!

Third, regardless of who the winner is - the rest of you still have a shot!  I'll be holding two drawings, if you recall - one for the people who guessed the correct date to win the Exquisite autographed deck, one for those of you who DIDN'T guess the correct date for a shot at three decks of Bicycle Americana!  So don't go tearing up the proverbial lottery ticket too quickly!

First guess 26 December 2013
or
Second Guess 24 December 2013

Allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Discourse!  Head on over to the "Introduce Yourself" topic and let the gang properly greet you and get to know you a little better.

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,918,601

[Curt]

Climbing quickly!        9,930,780

[Curt]

Daily Update:     9,941,929

[Curt]

Getting Closer:     9,955,645

[Curt]

Daily update:     9,968,175

[Don Boyer]

Daily update:     9,968,175

Wow - I figured it would have been reached by now.  I guess people are too busy dealing with goodies under the tree and all that.

Merry Christmas, to all those who celebrate it, and a Happy New Year, to those who use the Gregorian calendar.  (Ain't nobody can say I'm not politically correct!) 

[badpete69]

Merry Christmas Don.  My kids just went to bed  with that big anticipation of tomorrow morning and opening presents

[Don Boyer]

Merry Christmas Don.  My kids just went to bed  with that big anticipation of tomorrow morning and opening presents

My stepson, at least the one young enough not to be living on his own, is spending the holiday with his father.  (I get Mommy all to myself, yay!)

He had a birthday about a week ago and we got him the perfect gift for both holidays - CASH.  It's always the right size and the right color!  I tried getting him a pair of boots, but on the day he was supposed to go shopping with me he opted to have other plans.

I did do something a little sneaky, though - I gave him one of those new hundred-dollar bills with the extra security features on it.  The odds of him spending it are now exceptionally low!

[Curt]

Getting pretty darn close! Looks like only a day or two.   

Today's Total: 9,980,407

[Curt]

Today's check in:     9,993,106

Looks like tomorrow is the day!

[PurpleIce]

Today's check in:     9,993,106

Looks like tomorrow is the day!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Don Boyer]

Today's check in:     9,993,106

Looks like tomorrow is the day!

Ya, big time!

Assuming that's the case, for the signed red Exquisites, it'll be a random draw between:

silverboi
Wilko
KPopFever605
Shade
Mydnyght
Firdawesome

While the rest of you will be in a draw for three packs of Bicycle Americanas!

I'll be conducting the drawings using random.org while I'm at work tomorrow on the overnight shift (which is really Saturday morning, if you want to get technical) and I'll make the arrangements to mail them ASAP via Priority Mail for domestic winners!  International winners, I'll ship via First Class Registered Insured.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Oh, c'mon, really?    One way or another, you're in a drawing to win something!

[PurpleIce]

Today's check in:     9,993,106

Looks like tomorrow is the day!

Ya, big time!

Assuming that's the case, for the signed red Exquisites, it'll be a random draw between:

silverboi
Wilko
KPopFever605
Shade
Mydnyght
Firdawesome

While the rest of you will be in a draw for three packs of Bicycle Americanas!

I'll be conducting the drawings using random.org while I'm at work tomorrow on the overnight shift (which is really Saturday morning, if you want to get technical) and I'll make the arrangements to mail them ASAP via Priority Mail for domestic winners!  International winners, I'll ship via First Class Registered Insured.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Oh, c'mon, really?    One way or another, you're in a drawing to win something!

Haha...i thought it was gonna be a close one on either 26th or 27th. The feeling is kinda like the theory 11 wheel...so close yet so far.

Oh well, guess i gonna need to buy my own pack of red exquisites then. Good luck to those in the running of the draw!!! 

[Don Boyer]

Haha...i thought it was gonna be a close one on either 26th or 27th. The feeling is kinda like the theory 11 wheel...so close yet so far.

Oh well, guess i gonna need to buy my own pack of red exquisites then. Good luck to those in the running of the draw!!! 

What, the three Americanas you might win, are they chopped liver? 

We're fewer than 800 views from the 10,000,000th view - it was more like 3,000 when I woke up 3.5 hours ago.

[Curt]

And that's it folks! As of this post, we are at 10,001,473!

[chach]

And that's it folks! As of this post, we are at 10,001,473!

Congratulations folks!  And to think I was gonna put today down as my 2nd guess but didn't want to dilute the pool anymore.   Good luck to y'all!!

Now, crossing my fingers & toes for a deck of Americanas. 

[Don Boyer]

And that's it folks! As of this post, we are at 10,001,473!

Congratulations folks!  And to think I was gonna put today down as my 2nd guess but didn't want to dilute the pool anymore.   Good luck to y'all!!

Now, crossing my fingers & toes for a deck of Americanas. 

I'll work on the drawing tonight from my job.  I should have it done around midnight or 1am.


EDIT: Better late than never!

The winner of the grand prize is....Mydnyght!  You get the red Exquisite deck signed by Bill Kalush!
The second-chance draw winner is....Alchemy8905!  You get three packs of Bicycle Americana!

Winners!  Please contact me via PM with your mailing address to claim your prize.  If you don't claim your prize by THIS TIME (the time of this edit) NEXT WEEK, a new drawing will be held in your category, minus your name, to determine a replacement winner.

[Nurul]

Congratulations winners. If they don't claim, can't the 2nd name receive it?  :p

[John B.]

didn't you say the 29th name won something as well?

[Mydnyghte]

Speechless. Thanks!
Thanks guys, completely did not see this coming. Whew, think I'm going to lie down for a bit....

[Leif]

Congrats to the winners!

[Anthony]

Gratz to the winners and thanks for the contest Don!

[KPopFever605]

Congratulations to the winners! Better luck next time.

[Don Boyer]

It's not over yet.  Alchemy8905 hasn't come forward to claim his prize yet...

[Sher143]

Congrats, Mydnyghte and Alchemy8905!

[mirciusx]

Congratulations! Hehhee, you lucky b....

Thanks, Don! Nice contest

[HandSkillz]

Holy dead topic batman!

[Don Boyer]

Holy dead topic batman!

It's not dead yet!  The second prize was never claimed!  I'm a bit behind on this, but by the end of the week I'll be holding a re-drawing for the Bicycle Americana decks.

[Nurul]

Holy dead topic batman!

It's not dead yet!  The second prize was never claimed!  I'm a bit behind on this, but by the end of the week I'll be holding a re-drawing for the Bicycle Americana decks.

Or it can be awarded to whoever came second on that list? :p

[HandSkillz]

Holy dead topic batman!

It's not dead yet!  The second prize was never claimed!  I'm a bit behind on this, but by the end of the week I'll be holding a re-drawing for the Bicycle Americana decks.

The topic's demise has been greatly exaggerated  , my apologies

[Don Boyer]

Holy dead topic batman!

It's not dead yet!  The second prize was never claimed!  I'm a bit behind on this, but by the end of the week I'll be holding a re-drawing for the Bicycle Americana decks.

Or it can be awarded to whoever came second on that list? :p

Nope - not in the rules.