iWon.com's 8th $1 Million Dollar Winner - Clara McKinney of Hot Springs, NC Uses iWon as Contact to the Outside
iWon.com Exceeds $21 Million in Giveaways and has Twice as Many Millionaires as Regis
Irvington, NY, June 19, 2000 - Internet portal iWon.com, one of the fastest growing websites in the history of the Internet, announced that Clara McKinney of Hot Springs, NC is the latest recipient of its $1 million monthly prize. McKinney, who was announced as the $1 million winner during the CBS show Touched by an Angel last night, became iWon's eighth million dollar prize winner. iWon now boasts twice as many millionaires as the popular television show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".
An iWon user since its launch in October 1999, McKinney has always been confident about her chances of winning - in her mind, it was simply a matter of when. Every morning she turned on the computer to check her iWon home page for the weather, news, her horoscope, and to look for her name among the daily winners. "I'm living proof that you can win," said McKinney. "Now show me the money!" When asked what she plans to do with the money, McKinney said: "We need another car and a brush mower to cut down the briars. We will invest some money into our family business and make a nice gift to the volunteer fire department and the chamber of commerce."
McKinney, and her husband Phil, live in a secluded home deep in the Blue Ridge mountains, nearly an hour from the nearest grocery store. They moved to their remote home from Orlando, FL to "get away from it all," but the McKinneys haven't lost touch with the outside world. They have satellite television, two phone lines, and their very own Internet business, Max Patch Ink Supplies. Though they are without the distractions of a hectic city life, the couple has connected the serenity of living in the mountains to the information age of the 21st century. "I only go to town twice a month," said McKinney. "The Internet and satellite TV are our links to the outside world."
"We welcome Clara and Phil McKinney into the iWon winner's circle," said Founder and co-CEO Bill Daugherty. "They represent the importance of the Internet in the lives of people everywhere."
About iWon
Launched only eight months ago, iWon currently attracts one out of every nine people who visit the Web from work and one out of every fifteen who visit from home on any given day, according to Media Metrix. iWon.com provides users with world-class content and functionality with many of the same partners - Reuters, AP, WeatherNews Inc., Autoweb, Travelocity, Gist, and Lottonet - as Yahoo.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away to users, $10,000 every day, 30 prizes of $1,000 every week, $1 million every month and $10 million on Tax Day. By simply using the site to search the Web, check email, go shopping, read the news, or perform other regular Internet activities, iWon.com users earn entries with practically every click.
To date, iWon has given away over $21 million in cash prizes. For details and official rules, visit www.iwon.com.
"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is broadcast on the ABC Television Network. The program is not affiliated with iWon and no endorsement or association with iWon is intended or implied hereby.
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