But at the time, the 26-year-old single mom in North Carolina had no idea she was about to be $127 million richer.
It wasn’t until the next day, when she saw a friend post online about the lottery numbers, that she realized she had the winning ticket. Even then, she didn’t believe it until she double-checked the numbers with her mother.
Then, she screamed.
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“Anything my kids ask for, I can actually get it for them, and I don’t have to tell them, ‘no,'” she said.
Asked by a reporter if she would still tell them no anyway for good reasons, Holmes smiled and didn’t hesitate.
“Yes,” she said.
