iWon.com Announces Its $10 Million Tax Day Winner
Atlanta Resident Stephen Fowler, Shocked and Surprised When Told the News
(Irvington, NY, April 16, 2001) – iWon (www.iwon.com) the Internet’s leading loyalty-based portal, this morning awarded its $10 Million prize to Stephen Fowler of Atlanta, GA. Upon hearing the news that he had been selected as the $10 Million Tax Day winner, Fowler screamed as his friend Beth began to cry and ran to congratulate him.
Fowler, one of two securities traders for UPS (United Parcel Service) has been living in the Atlanta area for four years. He grew up in Dover, DE where his family still lives today. Fowler attended Delaware State University and The Rollins College of Business in Florida where he earned his MBA.
“I am amazed that I just won $10 Million from iWon.com,” stated Stephen Fowler still stunned by the news. “Now I can find extra time to golf and maybe even improve my handicap!”
Fowler, who enjoys his job has no plans to stop working. “I honestly love what I do and will not stop just because I have won the money. Maybe I will take some more vacations but I will definitely be staying.”
Fowler was awarded the $10 million prize at the iWon.com $10 Million Tax Day Giveaway event, which was held at the James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan. The two other finalists, Michael Buttrey of Reston, VA and Diane Sanders of Bridgeport, OH also walked away winners. Buttrey was the winner of the Travelocity seven-day first-class trip to Hawaii for four with $5,000 in spending money and Sanders was the lucky winner of an eight-day Caribbean cruise for two with $2,000 cash.
“We are thrilled to announce Stephen Fowler as our $10 million Tax Day winner,” stated Bill Daugherty, Founder and co-CEO of iWon. “iWon is centered around rewarding people simply for doing what they normally do online. We have given away more than $45 million to over 200,000 iWon users across the country!”
iWon users became eligible for the $10 million prize for using iWon to read the news, search the web, check email and perform other regular Internet activities.
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 205,000 winners and has given away more than $46 million in cash prizes.
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