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1. CONTEST TERM: From 12:00 p.m. noon PT on March 31, 1998, to 11:59 p.m. PT on the day of the last game of the 1998 World Series.
2. MEANS OF ENTRY: No purchase necessary to enter. All entries must be made via the official Major League Market web page (http://www.majorleaguemarket.com) No written, faxed, or phone entries accepted. Each player may only enter once; players who enter more than once may be disqualified.

3. HOW TO PLAY; GAME OF SKILL: For purposes of this contest, each participant is the owner of a fictional new stock portfolio with a fictional balance of $2 million dollars (the "Portfolio"). Based on participant's knowledge of the players' and teams' prospects, skills, ability to reach expectations, injury status, and changes in lineup, and other factors contributing to the success of an MLB player or team, participant must invest his or her portfolio in the Major League Market's stock exchange by buying or shorting stocks of teams or players that participant feels will provide maximum return on his or her investment of the fictional money in his or her Portfolio.

   Each player stock held by participant at the end of the season will be removed from his or her portfolio in exchange for an amount of fictional cash equal to a dollar value based on the statistical performance of each player ("Delist").

   The prices of each stock throughout the season, player or team, depends solely on buy and sell orders of the participants.

4. WINNER SELECTION: The Grand Prize will be awarded to the eligible participant whose Portfolio has the most growth in value between March 31, 1998 and the last day of the 1998 World Series Playoffs.

   In the event of a tie for the Grand Prize, a tiebreaker contest based on skill will be held, details of which will be announced on the Major League Market Web site.

   The All-Star Prize will be awarded at the 1998 season's All-Star Break and will be awarded to the participant whose Portfolio has the most growth in value between March 31, 1998 and the 1998 season All-Star Break.

   In addition, no player may win a monthly prize more than once. However, a player can win a monthly prize and still be eligible for the Grand Prize and the All-Star Prize.

5. NOTIFICATION: The prize winners in each of the contests will be notified by e-mail and regular mail (to the mailing address that was provided to the Major League Market at signup) within ten (10) business days after the drawing date.
6. PRIZES: The Major League Market reserves the right to substitute any prize offering with another prize offering of similar value. The Grand Prize is a large screen television set. The All-Star Prize will consist of a catered tail-gate party for ten people. Prizes for the runners-up are to be announced.
7. ELIGIBILITY: This contest is only open to residents of the United States and Canada. Void where otherwise prohibited by law. Employees of Residents and/or citizens of Canada may be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill question as an additional requirement of eligibility.
8. TERMS: Contest entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decision of the judges, which are final on all matters pertaining to this contest. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. All taxes will be the sole responsibility of the prize winners. MAJOR LEAGUE MARKET AND PARTICIPATING PROMOTIONAL COMPANIES, IF ANY (collectively "Sponsors") AND THE AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS OF EACH (collectively "Related Parties") ARE IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS, LATE, LOST, OR MISDIRECTED ENTRIES, OR ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF THE PRIZE. WINNER AND GUEST ASSUME LIABILITY FOR INJURIES CAUSED OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, OR BY ANY PRIZE. BY ENTERING, PARTICIPANT AGREES THAT NO CLAIM RELATING TO SUCH LOSSES OR INJURIES SHALL BE ASSERTED AGAINST SPONSORS AND/OR RELATED PARTIES.
9. INTERNET: If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Major League Market which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, Major League Market reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the contest. Major League Market assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Major League Market is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the Major League Market on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MAJOR LEAGUE MARKET RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. RULES:This contest is subject to the Official Game Rules as posted on the site.