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It's Win/Win at IWON as Gamers Team Up to Win $$$ for National Charities or Their Favorite Local Causes -- from After School Programs to Zoos -- and Still Keep Their Individual 'Coins' on Account WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Online gamers stoked with the spirit of casual competition can vie for victory for causes greater than bragging rights as IWON ( http://www.iwon.com/ ) rolled out its first ever Team Challenge on September 2, 2008. IWON members need only to select a national or local charity of their choice, form a team in support of their cause (or join an existing team in support of that cause) and then let their natural competitive instincts and superior skill sets prevail. Every month, the local and national charity whose teams win the greatest number of "coins" -- IWON's form of currency -- will be awarded $10,000 each. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080623/NYM024LOGO ) IWON provides a list of 500 National non-profit organizations and charities for members to choose from, or they can opt to play for a recognized local cause of virtually any description, from animal shelters and volunteer ambulance corps to literacy and recreational programs. What's more, while individual team members' winnings accrue to the benefit of their team, the individual also gets to keep their earned coins as if they were simply playing for themselves. As an added incentive, IWON Team Challenge participants automatically compete for the honor of earning their teams' MVP badge, awarded to the member who wins the greatest number of coins during the contest cycle. "This is a win/win situation for gamers, charities and for IWON, and we are encouraging participants to recruit friends, family and fellow gamers to their team and charities to get their supporters to start or join a team and compete on their behalf," explained Tim Allen, vice president of product management at IAC Consumer Applications and Portals. "Gamers get to play and keep their coins as always while supporting a cause important to them; winning charity teams get $10,000 each to further their good works, and IWON gets to demonstrate why we are the leading casual games portal to new populations of competitors." Competition Starts Fresh Each Month For those competed-for-causes whose team falls short of winning the $10,000 prize, there's always next month. Each month the Team Challenge competition's coin counter resets to zero and everyone starts anew in the quest for the next pair of $10,000 prizes. About IAC Consumer Applications & Portals, Inc. ("IAC CAP") IAC CAP, a wholly owned business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACID), is a leading web developer of consumer applications and portals which enable users to creatively and visually express themselves online. IAC CAP brands include Zwinky(R), Girlsense(R), Smiley Central(R), Webfetti(TM), IWON(R), Popular Screensavers(TM), MyFunCards(TM), Cursor Mania(TM), as well as the Excite(R) and MyWay(TM) portals. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080623/NYM024LOGODATASOURCE: IAC Consumer Applications & Portals, Inc. CONTACT: Deborah Szajngarten of IAC Consumer Applications and Portals, +1-914-826-2153, Web site: http://www.iwon.com/

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