Marie Holmes’ marijuana citation has landed her in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Holmes, the North Carolina mother of four, who won a $188 millio
Women won $188 million in lottery, got sued from prison by her ex Marisa Iati, The Washington Post Feb. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The odds were 1 in 175 million when Marie Holmes hit the jackpot. Holmes, 26 at the time, was a single mother in coastal North Carolina supporting her children with a string of five retail jobs. Then six numbers lined up the right way on her Powerball ticket, awarding her $188 million and a chance to change her family s future. She talked about finishing her college degree, buying a house for her mother and setting aside money for her three daughters and her son who has cerebral palsy.