A Day like Any Other
In February 2015, the North Carolina Powerball jackpot had reached a staggering amount of $564 million. At the time, Holmes was still living in a trailer and struggling to care for her kids. She had no idea she would soon become a wealthy woman. It was at this time that she decided on a whim to buy a lottery ticket from a local convenience store.
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“I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it,” Holmes said when describing the rush she felt from winning the lottery. There were two other tickets sold with the winning numbers, so Holmes would receive only a third of the total jackpot. But that was still a lot!