Wendy Reynoso Hits the Half-Century Mark and is $1 Million Richer
California Resident Wins $1 Million from iWon.com, Making her 50th Birthday “Not So Bad After All…”
(Irvington, NY, March 13, 2001) – Wendy Reynoso of San Pedro, CA had been dreading her 50th birthday for many years. When March 2nd finally came, she celebrated the day by having a party with her husband, three children and her closest friends, while they teased her about being a half a century old. Wendy, although a little upset over reaching the 50-year mark, took the night in stride - little did she know that her REAL birthday present was going to come a few days later.
While at work later that week, Wendy got the surprise of her life when her husband, Joe, and daughter, Megan, arrived with TV cameras from Inside Edition and representatives from iWon.com to deliver some good news – Wendy Reynoso had become iWon’s newest monthly $1 million winner!
When Joe arrived at Cal Poly University in Pomona, CA, where Wendy runs the environmental design library, and told her the news, she immediately broke into tears, “I just can’t believe it!” cried Wendy. The entire office shared in her excitement – Wendy’s supervisor and co-workers screamed while Wendy and her family cried for joy. When asked what she plans to do with the $1 million, Reynoso stated, “I promised my daughter that if I ever won money I would buy her a new car. I also have a list of charities that I have been building for years that I intend to donate to, and there are always bills to pay!”
Reynoso has been using iWon.com for over a year. She loves the search engine stating that she “gets better results using iWon than any other search engine”. She also loves the up-to-date news and the design of the site. “I am so excited to win. I still feel as if it is a dream,” said Reynoso. “When I watched other people win, I always wondered ‘why not me?’ I guess turning 50 is not so bad after all!”
“We are thrilled to announce Wendy Reynoso as iWon's 17th $1 Million Winner,” said Bill Daugherty, Founder and co-CEO of iWon. “Wendy has wonderful plans for her winnings and we are very pleased to welcome her into the iWon family of winners.”
About iWon
Launched in October 1999, iWon is the 5th most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings, January 2001). iWon also ranks as the most loyal portal on the Web, placing #1 for average days, pages and minutes spent per visitor (Media Metrix, January 2001). In its first year, iWon was recognized as a BrandWeek Marketer of the Next Generation; was voted #1 in user site and feature satisfaction (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study, June 2000); and was named one of the best “dot-com ideas for 2000” by the Associated Press. Ranked #1 in Advanced Search on the Internet (Search Engine Showdown, July 2000), iWon provides world-class search and content from leading partners such as Associated Press, CBS, Inktomi, Standard & Poor’s Comstock, Reuters, TheStreet.com, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away $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 users earn entries into the daily, weekly, monthly and annual giveaways. In addition, iWon Cash Points, like iWon entries, are accumulated for virtually everything users do on the site. Users can apply iWon Cash Points toward deep discounts in the iWon Rewards Store, opening Spring 2001. To date, iWon has selected more than 155,000 winners and has given away more than $34 million in cash prizes.
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