Jill “Lucky” Hayes Wins $1 Million on iWon.com
Single Mom from A Portland Suburb Wins $1 Million
(Irvington, NY, April 10, 2001) – Jill Hayes from a suburb of Portland, OR is a pretty lucky person, but she never thought she would strike it rich. Accustomed to winning numerous radio promotions and magazine sweepstakes, Jill was dubbed Jill “Lucky “ Hayes by her friends. The nickname has proven true once again. When Jill returned from dropping her son off at school, the last thing she expected to see were Inside Edition cameras and a group of people standing at her neighbor’s house with an iWon $1 Million oversized check. Jill thought “Too bad it wasn’t me,” and turned to go into her house. When the crew followed her to her doorstep, she realized that her luck had struck again - - Jill Hayes had become iWon’s latest $1 million Monthly winner!
Hayes, a single mom suffering from fibromyalgia, a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder, has been on disability for the past few years. Jill comes from a close family. She and her 11-year-old son, live just a few minutes down the road from her parents and stay in very close touch with her brother, a Software Engineer for Microsoft.
Jill is no stranger to winning contests; she has won tickets to see Michael Jackson perform in Hawaii, tickets to the MTV Music Awards, tickets to Portland Trailblazer basketball games, and a free month of gas for her home, among other things. “I am typically a lucky person,” Hayes stated. “When I go to Vegas, I win on average $1,000 playing poker and I’ve won various prizes on the iWon Prize Machine as well!”
Due to her illness, her family has helped support her emotionally and financially over the years. When asked what she plans to do with the $1 million, Jill stated, “My family has been so wonderful in supporting me the past few years that I am going to use this money to pay them back! We were planning a family vacation to Mexico, which I am now going to pay for. If my son had his way, though, we would buy out Toys R Us!”
Jill has been using iWon since November 1999. She uses iWon to shop, play games, track stocks and check her local weather. “I am so excited to win; I am still in shock,” said Hayes. “While I may have been lucky before, I have never won anything this big. This is absolutely amazing!”
“We are thrilled to announce Jill Hayes as iWon's 18th $1 Million Winner,” said Bill Daugherty, Founder and co-CEO of iWon. “Jill has some exciting plans for her winnings and we are very pleased to welcome her into the iWon family of winners.”
iWon’s $10 million winner will be announced on April 16, 2001 at 7:30am on Imus in the Morning.
About iWon
Launched in October 1999, iWon is the 5th most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings, February 2001). iWon also ranks as the most loyal portal on the Web, consistently placing first in days visited per month, unique pages viewed per month and minutes spent per person per month (Media Metrix, February 2001). In addition, iWon has led all portals in user satisfaction for three consecutive quarters (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study, June/November/March 2000-2001). iWon provides award-winning search, ranking #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, Reuters, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away $10,000 a day, $1 million a month and a chance to win $25 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, monthly and annual cash giveaways. 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. To date, iWon has selected more than 198,000 winners and has given away more than $35 million in cash prizes.
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