Marie Holmes

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Marie Holmes, North Carolina’s $188 million Powerball lottery winner is back in the news again. This time Holmes is not spending $21 million on bailing her boyfriend, Lamarr McDow, out-of-jail for the fourth time or harassing and threatening his side chick, but a pastor is allegedly suing her for $10 million for reneging on a […]

In the midst of all the excitement about the billion dollar Powerball, which has at least one winner in California at press time, at least one previous winner is finding that old adage of ‘More money, more problems’ to be true. Not only was Powerball winner Marie Holmes issued a criminal summons for making threats, […]

Lamarr McDow may continue to stay on the good side of his girlfriend Marie Holmes, but many have wondered why Holmes has opted to spend up to $21 million to keep bailing him out of jail. Holmes deep pockets come from winning $188 million in a Powerball lottery in North Carolina back in 2014. With […]

As the Powerball jackpot prize grows to an all-time U.S. record of $700 million, it’s important to remember that all that glitters is not gold.

Here’s a trend I’d like to see take off in 2016 – minding your own business. In the social media era, that may be impossible, but it has become more and more obvious that folks are getting their entire lives off watching and commenting on the perceived downfall of others. Case in point: North Carolina […]

On Friday, Holmes posted a $12 million bond, the fourth time she's put up millions since she hit the lottery.

On Friday, Holmes posted a $12 million bond, the fourth time she's put up millions since she hit the lottery.

North Carolina lottery winner is spending more money – but this time it’s not to bail her alleged heroin dealer fiance out of jail. Marie Holmes, who won $188 million dollars with one of three winning tickets in the North Carolina Powerball lottery, donated $800,000 of those earnings to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church […]

Remember the North Carolina woman who won millions in the Powerball in February ? Her fiance has been arrested for the third time in 11 months, and yes, she was there to bail him out — again. WNCN reports: Lamarr Andre McDow, also known as “Hot Sauce,” was arrested Monday morning under a charge of possession […]

Remember 26-year-old North Carolina lottery winner Marie Holmes? She’s the woman who walked away with $88 million after taxes after playing the winning numbers in the North Carolina lottery in February. Holmes, a single mother of four, was living in a trailer with her kids and had just quit two fast food jobs to take […]

Earlier this year a young woman’s life changed forever after she won the power ball worth a whopping $188M. Five months later she has been charged with having a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her home. FOX 8 reports: WWAY reported that Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputies have cited 26-year-old Marie Holmes with possession […]