Lottery winner Marie Holmes criticized for paying her finance’s $9 million jail bond http://t.co/ifoks46Dgi pic.twitter.com/zw2Bh6Vbvq Marie Holmes stole our hearts earlier this year when she won a $188 million Powerball jackpot. The 26-year-old unemployed, North Carolina single mother of four, including a special needs child, clearly needed the money.