Oklahoma Resident Ron Jolliffe Wins Dream Prize – $75,000 in Cash on iWon.com
iWon Makes Tulsa Man First iWon Pick 7 Winner
(Irvington, NY, May 15, 2001) – Destination portal iWon.com (www.iwon.com), named Ron Jolliffe its first Pick 7 winner. Jolliffe has been using the site since October 1999 for things like searching the Web, reading the news, checking the local weather, sending and receiving emails and tracking stock quotes. Jolliffe won $75,000 and became iWon’s first Pick 7 winner by playing Pick 7, iWon’s daily lottery.
When asked how he feels and what he plans to do with his money that he won from iWon’s Pick 7, Jolliffe responded, “This is the best thing that has happened to me since my son was born 28 years ago. I am going to pay-off some debts and give some to my girlfriend to thank her for introducing me to iWon.com!”
iWon is the first and only Internet portal to award its users with guaranteed cash prizes ranging from $10,000 to a chance to win $25 million. Since iWon launched 19 months ago, more than 235,000 people have won cash and prizes. iWon has awarded more than $46 million in prizes.
About iWon
Launched in October 1999, iWon is the 5th most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings, March 2001). iWon also ranks as the most loyal portal on the Web, placing #1 in average days, pages and minutes spent per person (Media Metrix, March 2001). In addition, iWon was voted #1 in User Satisfaction among the leading search engines and portals for three consecutive quarters (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study, June 2000, November 2000 and March 2001). iWon provides world-class search and content from more than 120 leading partners such as Associated Press, CBS, Inktomi, Standard & Poor’s Comstock, Reuters, TheStreet.com, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
Additionally, iWon is the largest guaranteed cash giveaway on the Internet. iWon gives away $10,000 every weekday, $100,000 a month and the 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 weekday, weekend, 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 240,000 winners and has given away more than $47 million in cash prizes.
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