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Yep, that’s Clue number 4 in the Microsoft 10 Grand Treasure Hunt.

Take a look at IE8 Clue number 1 and IE8 Clue Number 2

Ok folks so this is a big competition, If you like the thought of winning $10000 (and who would’t) then this competition sounds like it could be LOTS of fun.

This competition is an online treasure hunt.

You will need to locate Microsoft IE8 10 Grand Competition Clues, those clues will ultimately lead to a hidden webpage that can only be seen by users viewing via IE8. The first person to solve the clues and find the webpage will win the $10,000

So here’s how to get started:

1. 1. Download IE8
2. 2. Follow tengrand_IE8 on twitter or check back here regularly, we’ll be updating clues as they arrive.
3. 3. Solve the clues and find the webpage first to win the money!!!

We’ll be starting an entire post series to update when each clue arrives so if you’re not on twitter, check back here!

Discuss the Answer to the Microsoft IE8 Competition Clue 1 here

If you’d like to hear what it sounds like when someone wins $100000 you can listen to the podcast of the call here…. Personally I think I would have just fainted!!!

If you head on over to the Coles Website, you’ll find all the details you need to enter. It’s really easy though, you simply have to be a flybuys member, register your interest, do your shopping at coles and remember your flybuys card so you can be credited for eligible entries….. There’s still a huge amount of money to be given away, this is really an amazing competition.

Here’s a link to the audio podcast of the first winner: http://www.coles.com.au/giveaway/latest-news.aspx

Good Luck, it would be amazing to have a Prizetastic winner!!!

I’ve heard that entering competitions in blocks, for example sms’s can help guarantee a win. Do you think this sort of thing works?

Thanks for your help,

Sam P

Hi Sam,

Everyone wants a way to increase their chances of winning competitions. While there are many theories on how to increase the chance of winning competitions, most are just that, theories. It’s almost impossible to guarantee that any theory actually works, and so it’s important that while you take hints and tips into consideration when entering competitions, that you always remember, there’s no guarantee of winning and the more you enter the more chance you have!

Block entering is one of the urban myths of entering competitions. While the theory does deserve some merit, in reality there’s little to support the claims it increases your chances.

Block entering is simply entering a competition via electronic means multiple times in order to increase your chances of winning if that given time is the allocated draw time. For example: If you are entering a competition via sms you decide to enter 20 consecutive sms entries at 11am. OR you decide to enter consecutively between 11:00am and 11:15am. The theory is that if the draw takes place within this time (or other times you may also block enter in) you will hold the winning timeslot.

Now while there does seem to be some logic in this theory, of course there is one very obvious flaw. If the times you choose to enter in are not the winning timeslot, then in fact you are have no better chance of winning than anyone else.

So just like most other ways of increasing your chances to win competitions, it would appear that there is little real merit in this method, at least for drawn competitions, instant wins however this can be an absolutely different case and I’ll cover that in another post.

Until next time,

GOOD LUCK and Happy winning.