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By Michael McKinstry, CardTrak.com

About one third of cardholders who surf the Internet have paid their credit card bill online. This week, Discover launched a sweepstakes to encourage more cardholders to click and pay their account online. Until May 31, cardholders who register and pay their Discover Card bills online using the SmartCheck payment option will automatically be entered in the sweepstakes. The grand prize is $10,000 in cash. Plus, 15 Discover customers will win $1000 each and 30 Discover cardholders will win $100 each. Discover's online Account Center also offers Discover Inter@ctive, a free service that offers eight e-mail notifications and reminders regarding the status of a Discover Card account. Discover says it has registered over eight million cardholders for Web site account access, a 61% increase since January 2001. For more information visit http://www.discovercard.com.