There are good chances that the Debian BTS will turn the #500000 mark at some moment during the etch->lenny release cycle.
In order to make this more fun, a small contest was set up in June/July 2007. The principle was very simple: place a bet (one per person) about the day this bug will be reported.
The winner(s) will be the person(s) placing her|his|their bet as close as possible to the real moment bug #500000 is reported.
The bets are now closed and the following table shows them, sorted by date.
| Peter Nuttall | 20071101 |
| Domenico Andreoli | 20071201 |
| Philipp Kern | 20080102 |
| Ana Guerrero | 20080109 |
| AndreasTille | 20080117 |
| Lucas Nussbaum | 20080229 |
| ChristopherBratusek | 20080317 |
| MichaelJanssen | 20080412 |
| Felipe van de Wiel | 20080415 |
| Steinar H. Gunderson | 20080418 |
| EddyPetrisor | 20080423 |
| Nico Golde | 20080508 |
| JordiMallach | 20080515 |
| GregoryColpart | 20080520 |
| HolgerLevsen | 20080523 |
| Luca Brivio | 20080529 |
| Paul Cager | 20080601 |
| Gonéri Le Bouder | 20080611 |
| RafalCzlonka | 20080613 |
| Criggie | 20080614 |
| SylvainLeGall | 20080615 |
| Mario Iseli | 20080616 |
| Runa Sandvik | 20080616 |
| "madduck" | 20080619 |
| Nacho Barrientos | 20080701 |
| Elio Perez Calle | 20080710 |
| Julien Danjou | 20080712 |
| ThurnerRupert | 20080724 |
| "catoblepa" | 20080729 |
| Raphael Geissert | 20080804 |
| "glenny" | 20080808 |
| Michael Gilbert | 20080808 |
| Chris Butler | 20080811 |
| Luca Bruno | 20080817 |
| ChristianPerrier | 20080822 |
| Willi Mann | 20080830 |
| Sven Joachim | 20080831 |
| Cameron Dale | 20080901 |
| Jacobo Tarrío | 20080904 |
| Miguel Gea | 20080906 |
| Kartik Mistry | 20080915 |
| FabianFagerholm | 20080920 |
| ReneMayorga is the winner | 20080923 |
| Real day the bug was reported | 20080924 |
| Yannick Le Saint | 20081001 |
| Ghe Rivero | 20081015 |
| Miod Vallat | 20081118 |
| RicardoMones | 20081212 |
| Margarita Manterola | 20081231 |