iWon.com Announces Million Dollar Winner
April 28 2005 - 11:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
iWon.com Announces Million Dollar Winner iWon.com Winner Surprised
on 'The Tony Danza Show' IRVINGTON, N.Y., April 28 /PRNewswire/ --
iWon.com, (http://www.iwon.com/) a leading loyalty-based Web portal
and property of Ask Jeeves, Inc., today announced that Ronald
Kinsey of Norman, Oklahoma, is the winner of its 2005 $1 million
cash prize giveaway, and the portal's 25th millionaire since 1999.
The million-dollar check was awarded to Kinsey on "The Tony Danza
Show," a nationally syndicated daytime talk show in which Tony
Danza surprised Kinsey with the news that he is iWon.com's latest
millionaire. "I have watched reality TV, so I know the crazy things
people will do for a million dollars," said Kinsey. "All I did was
sign up for an email account with iWon.com, and today I'm a
millionaire. I guess I'm the lucky one." iWon.com is a leading
Internet portal, offering consumers robust search, email and
premium content, in addition to cash prizes -- $10,000 every
weekday, thousands more on weekends, and an annual giveaway of up
to $25 million. iWon.com's registered users reap the benefits of
their loyalty, as the more they interact with the site, the more
likely they are to be an iWon.com winner. To date, iWon.com has
given away more than $63 million to more than 260,000 people. In
addition, the million-dollar winners are eligible to win $25
million in a subsequent lottery. Mr. Kinsey has been using iWon.com
since January 2000, primarily for email and to get the latest news.
"Because iWon.com provides users with search, email, content, and
the chance to win cash, our motto has always been 'why wouldn't
you?'" said Jon Brod, senior vice president of portals for Ask
Jeeves, Inc., the owner of iWon.com. "iWon.com congratulates Ronald
Kinsey on becoming an iWon.com millionaire, and we hope that he and
his family enjoy his new wealth." For a list of all of iWon.com's
winners or to register, visit http://www.iwon.com/. "The Tony Danza
Show" is a live entertainment talk show featuring celebrities and
everyday people, all presented with a positive and upbeat approach.
With his self-effacing sense of humor, natural gift for
storytelling and genuine charm, Danza brings a unique yet familiar
face to daytime television. A staple of American pop culture for 25
years, his popularity and versatility make him perfectly suited to
host daytime talk. In addition to sharing his own interesting
stories and experiences, "The Tony Danza Show" showcases hometown
heroes, amazing kids and incredible people who personify strength,
character and spirit. The show marks a new chapter for this
multi-talented entertainer and an exciting new choice in daytime
television. "The Tony Danza Show" is distributed by Buena Vista
Television. About iWon.com As a leading loyalty-based Web portal,
iWon (http://www.iwon.com/) combines world- class search
functionality, full portal personalization, and robust content from
industry-leading sources with one of the Internet's largest,
guaranteed cash giveaways. iWon attracts a large, loyal and
responsive user base. To date, iWon has given away total cash
prizes of $63,311,000 and had 268,745 winners. About Ask Jeeves,
Inc. Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with
information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web
sites, portals and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search
and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and
Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask Jeeves
for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite
(excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way
(myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com).
Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary
natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad
serving technologies. In addition to powering several of the Ask
Jeeves brands, the Company syndicates its technologies to help
companies increase revenue through powerful search. Ask Jeeves'
advertising division, AJinteractive, provides advertisers with
targeted tools to reach a broad base of valuable customers. Ask
Jeeves, Inc. is headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices
throughout the United States, as well as in London, England and
Dublin, Ireland. For more information, visit http://www.ask.com/ or
call 510-985-7400. NOTE: Ask Jeeves, AJinteractive, Ask.com, Teoma,
My Way, My Search, My Web Search, iWon, Excite and Bloglines are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. DATASOURCE:
Ask Jeeves, Inc. CONTACT: Colby Zintl of Ask Jeeves Corporate
Communications, +1-510-985-7640 or ; or Darcy Cobb of Dotted Line
Communications, +1-310-472-8600 or , for Ask Jeeves Web site:
http://www.ask.com/
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