Woman Wins $188 Million Lotto Prize But Ends Up Losing Control Over Her Life

Stays In The Family

Fontella gave it a lot of thought before picking up those numbers. In an interview, she recalled, “I kept dreaming about your brother that we lost. His birthday, he was the third child, he’d have been 25 that year. Those were the numbers.” Marie also shared her feelings that she would have been equally happy if her mom would have won instead of her. Fontella too was happy about Marie’s winning.

Precautions

Many people forget the main point which is to sign the ticket. Many people don’t even care about keeping the lottery ticket safe. Even if they win, they don’t get the prize. The signatures are the most important part it is the proof about who is the real owner of the ticket.

Post-Lottery Life

Marie’s first few choices were wise which made people assume that she can take care of herself and her newly found richness too. However, she was smart, too much money was a new thing for her. A lot of emotional ups and downs were going in her lif and now she was about to resolve them with the help of money.

A Lot Of Drama

The problems just started after the Pastor’s lawsuit was settled. Although, Marie kept all her money in a foundation. Marie always had a soft heart towards her first love, Lamarr McDow, the father of her youngest daughter. Lamarr’s status was lower than Marie’s. He was always going in and out of jail for his drug dealing business.

Bailed Him Out 3 Times

Lamarr’s nickname is “hot sauce” and he is Ebony’s father. When Hot sauce got arrested after the birth of Ebony for drug trafficking charges. Yes, he did come out of the jail on parole but soon he was arrested as he broke the parole conditions also.  And later he was caught for street racing. Surprisingly, Marie paid more than $21 million to bail him out. She even gifted him a $15,000 Rolex and a new car.

More Than His Freedom

During the couple’s first interview, hot sauce defended his girlfriend by saying that she was just being loyal to her man. “We are a couple, and I am the father of her youngest child. This is what people do for each other. She has the money and she can do what she wants with it…If I had that money then I would do the same for her. People are just jealous because of how much she won and people want to see me locked in jail,” said Mr. Hot Sauce.