First European internet millionaire: FreeLotto.com awards the winner over 1 million euro

Berlin 14.02.2002 (PROTEXT/ots) - 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 www.freelotto.com by chance whilst surfing theinternet in December 2000. His 115th attempt was the lucky one:FreeLotto.com will now transfer the princely sum in 25 annualinstallments of $40,000.00 into his account. His reaction: "Ican't believe it!". Mr Höring, a keen yachtsman, is now planninga world-tour in a sailing boat. "One thing's for sure. I willcontinue 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 topay a penny. FreeLotto awards not only prizes such as luxurycars but also considerable sums of money of up to 10 milliondollars.

FreeLotto.com is owned and operated by the New York baseddirect marketing database company PlasmaNet Inc. and is thefirst online lottery sweepstakes ever established. The idea wasa good one: since its inception in June 1999 over 24 millionusers have registered at www.freelotto.com worldwide, among them1.5 million Europeans. In the last two and a half yearsFreeLotto has awarded 5,883,711 prizes totaling over$34,000,000.00. Uwe Höring joins an elite group of elevenFreeLotto 1 million dollar winners and one $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 April16th 2000

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."

Further information: Sally Mills smills@mail.freelotto.comTel. +1-212-931-6760 www.freelotto.com

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