iWon.com to Give Away $10 Million on Tax Day!
One iWon.com User to Get Early Tax Return With iWon’s $10 Million Giveaway
(Irvington, NY – April 11, 2001) – iWon, (www.iwon.com), the Internet’s leading loyalty-based portal, today announced plans to give away its $10 million cash prize on Tax Day, April 16th.
The $10 million giveaway will serve as an “early tax return” for one lucky iWon user. iWon users became eligible for the $10 million cash prize for using iWon to read the news, search the web, check email or perform other regular Internet activities.
Three iWon finalists will be drawn from the pool of iWon users who have earned entries this sweepstakes year – April 1, 2000 – March 31, 20001. The finalists’ names will be revealed the week of April 9th. On Monday, April 16th at the John A. Farley Post Office at 31st - 33rd Streets and Eighth Avenue in New York City, the finalists will be assembled and one will be named the $10 million winner. The other two finalists will win either a seven-day Hawaiian vacation for four courtesy of Travelocity.com or an eight-day Caribbean cruise for two.
“iWon has given over $35 million to more than 190,000 people over the past 18 months. We are thrilled to be awarding our second $10 million cash prize on Tax Day,” stated Jonas Steinman, Founder and co-CEO. “The daily, monthly and annual sweepstakes has distinguished iWon from other portals and allowed iWon to become a front runner in the portal race. Giving away $10 Million is our way of giving back to the users for helping iWon become such a success!”
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 200,000 winners and has given away more than $35 million in cash prizes.
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