iWon.com Announces Million Dollar Winner

iWon.com Announces Million Dollar Winner

iWon Surprises Indiana Grandmother on 'The Montel Williams Show'

IRVINGTON, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iWon.com, (www.iwon.com) a leading loyalty-based Web portal and property of IAC Search and Media, Inc., a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI), today announced that Bonnie Urick of Decatur, Indiana, won the site's annual $1 million cash prize giveaway, becoming the Internet portal's 26th millionaire since 1999.

iWon is the only loyalty-based Web portal that rewards users for using the site, and offers consumers robust search, email and premium content, in addition to cash prizes -- $10,000 every weekday, thousands more on weekends and an annual $1 million giveaway. iWon's registered users reap the benefits of their loyalty; the more users interact with the site, the more likely they are to be an iWon winner.

"I never thought it would be this simple," said Bonnie Urick, this year's iWon million dollar winner. "Every morning, I get up and log onto iWon while I drink my morning coffee. I check my email and the latest headlines and really don't even think twice about what I am doing. I cannot believe how easy it was to actually win!"

The million dollar check was awarded to a thrilled Urick on the nationally syndicated "Montel Williams Show," airing today across the country. An unsuspecting Urick was taken by surprise when Montel Williams brought her onstage to announce that she was attending the show not simply as a guest of iWon, but was actually a lucky winner with a big surprise in store. In a dramatic moment, Bonnie was given the chance to select an envelope from an onstage drum, of which the contents was a check for either $1 million or $25 million. While Bonnie was already guaranteed the $1 million dollar prize, she slowly realized her chances, now, for a much larger prize. As Montel began spinning the drum, the audience waited to find out if there was a multi-millionaire in their midst. Urick chose her envelope and held it out for the talk show host to open. Upon tearing open the envelope, Montel revealed that Urick was the lucky winner of $1 million dollars, courtesy of iWon.

As Bonnie realized her good fortune, Montel explained to Bonnie, "Girlfriend... you're going home with one million dollars! One million dollars from IWON.COM!"

Urick, a mother of three daughters and grandmother to six, is an accountant in her hometown of Decatur. The latest millionaire has been using iWon since 2000 and she plans to use the money to buy a new car, as well as invest in the future.

"iWon.com is a daily part of our users' lives, not just because they have the chance to win great prizes everyday, but also because we offer excellent search technology, reliable email and interesting content," said Eva Boker from iWon. "iWon congratulates Bonnie Urick on becoming the most recent iWon millionaire, and we hope that she and her family enjoy their new-found wealth."

To date, iWon has given away $66,177,000 dollars to 268,945 people. For a list of all of iWon's winners or to register, visit www.iwon.com.

About iWon.com

As a leading loyalty-based Web portal, iWon.com (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 $66,177,000 dollars to 268,945 people. iWon is a property of IAC Search & Media, a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Source: iWon.com

CONTACT: Mel Bolton, Dotted Line Communications, +1-510-704-0870, or
Mel@dottedlinecomm.com, for iWon.com

Web site: http://www.iwon.com/

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