iWon.com Awards Thomas Sipes $1,000,000!
Little Rock, AR, Grandpa Plans to Use Cash to "Buy A Convertible... Something Old, Like Me!"
Irvington, NY, May 15, 2000 - iWon (www.iwon.com), a destination Internet portal combining world-class search, content and functionality with the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway, today announced that Thomas Sipes of Little Rock, Arkansas, is the recipient of its seventh $1 million monthly prize giveaway. Mr. Sipes was announced as the $1 million winner during CBS's "Touched by an Angel" last night.
When asked about his plans for his newfound wealth Mr. Sipes said, "I look forward to semi-retirement. I'm not going to just completely quit working, though... just taper down. I think I'm going to buy a convertible! Probably something old, like me! - a late 50s, early 60s convertible. Used to be, my wife and I had to provide and save for the kids. Now it's Dad's turn. My wife told me I should buy myself the convertible. I said, 'Cool!'"
Mr. Sipes, a Territory Sales Manager for Centro Inc. in Little Rock, travels frequently for his job. He started using iWon to help "keep me connected while I travel through all the small towns in Arkansas. I check my ball scores, my stocks, different headlines and sports news."
"We welcome the Sipes family into the iWon winners circle," said Founder and co-CEO Bill Daugherty. "The best part of iWon is that it rewards real people for doing what millions already do online -- such as checking e-mail, shopping online, searching the Web, checking sports scores or following the stock market."
iWon, which was launched only seven months ago, currently attracts one out of every twenty people who visit the Web on any given day to the iWon.com site, according to Media Metrix. iWon.com provides users with world-class content and functionality with many of the same partners - Reuters, AP, WaetherNews International, Autoweb, Travelocity, Gist, and Lottonet - as Yahoo!
As an added incentive, iWon gives away to users $10,000 every day, 30 $1,000 prizes 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 more than $19 million in cash prizes. For details and official rules, visit www.iwon.com.
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