Ganbling es evil as others stated here. But I have an interesting idea that may well put this show on the road.
I guess someone here has direct contact with Pentax officials. Lets propose pentax a nice sweepstakes.
Invite every participant member of Pentax Forums, to guess when (exact week) the new top of the line Pentax DSLR is announced. Also, invite the participants to guess the major specs of this new camera, as follows:
a) Resolution in megapixels
b) Shooting speed capacity in frames per second at RAW, full resolution.
c) Number of Af points.
d) Flash sync speed.
(this specs is just a suggestion. others may be)
There will be two winners. One with the exact guess date and the other with the exact specs. Pentax officials may decide that both winners are the same person, but no two persons may "bet" on the same week. For example, if I choose (first in, first served) that the camera will be announced the first week of March 2009, then nobody else may pick that week. About the spec, the first one to suggest will be the winner and others that posted later with the same specs will not be eligeable.
Prizes: Two first place winners (of course) that will win a brand new K**D body fitted with a brand new DA 17-70 SDM lens. If Pentax decides the same person is the winner of both prizes, then the second prize will be a lens kit comprised of a brand new DA 12-24 and a brand new DA 50-135.
Sounds fair?
Of course, no purchase neccessary to participate but proof of ownership of any Pentax DSLR is required to claim your prize.
I have a dream.................... nevermind. Too much politics in one week
Robert B