First European internet millionaire: FreeLotto.com awards the winner over 1 million euro
14.03.2002, 14:58
BERLIN 14. 3. 2002 (ots/PROTEXT) - A 36 year old softwareengineer from Sindelfingen, Germany has hit the jackpot: theinternet service FreeLotto.com reports of Uwe Höring who clickedthe lucky numbers on 4. December 2001, winning a total of1,154,601.00 euro. This is the highest amount ever won by aEuropean in a game on the World Wide Web. The winner discoveredthe web site http://www.freelotto.com by chance whilst surfingthe internet in December 2000. His 115th attempt was the luckyone: FreeLotto.com will now transfer the princely sum in 25annual installments of $40,000.00 into his account. His reaction:"I can't believe it!". Mr Höring, a keen yachtsman, is nowplanning a world-tour in a sailing boat. "One thing's for sure. Iwill continue to play FreeLotto on my sailing trip!" he said.
Every internet user can play the lottery free of charge withFreeLotto. The only prerequisite is that the players registertheir name, address and e-mail. Then they are free to choose sixnumbers between 1 and 54, as with any normal lottery ticket. Itis also possible to enter five other lottery games includingFreeLotto Pay-Off-Your-Mortgage, FreeLotto $100,000 GiveAway andFreeLotto Super Bucks with a $10,000,000.00 jackpot. Entry isconfirmed by a simple click on an advertising banner or byanswering questions on shopping habits.
FreeLotto's service enables advertisers to contact a widetarget audience at efficient rates. The player has the advantageof being able to win large amounts of money without having to paya penny. FreeLotto awards not only prizes such as luxury cars butalso considerable sums of money of up to 10 million dollars.
FreeLotto.com is owned and operated by the New York baseddirect marketing database company PlasmaNet Inc. and is the firstonline lottery sweepstakes ever established. The idea was a goodone: since its inception in June 1999 over 24 million users haveregistered at www.freelotto.com worldwide, among them 1.5 millionEuropeans. In the last two and a half years FreeLotto has awarded5,883,711 prizes totaling over $34,000,000.00. Uwe Höring joinsan elite group of eleven FreeLotto 1 million dollar winners andone $10,000,000.00 winner:
Mohammed Karim Bashar, India won $10,000,000.00 on September28th 2000
Susan Vasquez, United States won $1,000,000.00 on November2nd 1999
Glenda Sexton, United States won $1,000,000.00 on November16th 1999
David Lamoureux, United States won $1,000,000.00 on February3rd 2000
Blanche Bolam, United States won $1,000,000.00 on March 28th2000 Jennifer Fisher, United States won $1,000,000.00 on April 16th2000 Lee Kok Siong, Malaysia won $1,000,000.00 on October 1st 2000 Sheila Hunt, United States won $1,000,000.00 on December 1st,2000
Wayne Ruether, United States won $1,000,000.00 on January2nd, 2001
Michael Char, United States won $1,000,000.00 on January 11th2001
Wendy Toplak, United States won $1,000,000.00 on August 22nd2001 Kevin J. Aronin, Chairman & CEO of PlasmaNet, Inc. said "Icouldn't be happier for Uwe! It is funny - I still get a thrillcalling winners and giving them the good news. Uwe Höring waslike most of our other big winners - I think he couldn't believewhat he was hearing when I told him that he'd won."
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