At least she won't have to bail him out again anytime soon
By Todd Northrop
BOLIVIA, N.C. — The boyfriend of North Carolina's biggest Powerball winner will spend time in prison and pay a hefty fine as part of a plea agreement in a drug case.
Lamarr McDow, the 32-year-old boyfriend of $188 million Powerball winner Marie Holmes, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic heroin in a Brunswick County, North Carolina, court Wednesday.
McDow, who also goes by the name "Hot Sauce", was sentenced as part of a plea agreement to a minimum of 7.5 years in prison, and must pay a $100,000 fine. He faces a maximum of 10 years.
McDow is the boyfriend of Marie Holmes, who won $188 million in a February 2015 Powerball drawing. Hot Sauce was arrested in November 2014 on charges including heroin trafficking and conspiracy.
Prosecutors allege McDow took a trip to New Jersey for the purpose of trafficking drugs. Law enforcement officials said they recovered thousands of bags of heroin during investigations alleged to involve McDow.
Since Holmes' win, McDow has been released from jail four times after being held on multimillion-dollar bonds. The first happened in March 2015, when a $3 million bond was met on the original heroin charges.
McDow was arrested again during a July raid at the couple's home on a charge of violating conditions of his pretrial release. He was released in August when a $6 million bond was met. Holmes was cited for drug possession in the raid, which investigators said also uncovered drugs and weapons at the home.
In December, McDow was jailed under a $12 million bond following his arrest on charges of conspiring to arrange a street race and again violating his pretrial release. He was released after the bond was met in early January. (See N.C. lottery winner bails out convict fiancé fourth time, Lottery Post, Jan. 4, 2016.)
Judge Richard brown heard McDow's plea Wednesday.
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This is one of those BLM drug dealers. This is her chance to move away and change her name, never contact this slime ball again.
Imbecile has an imbecile girlfriend with $100 million who I assume gives him anything he wants but imbecile still goes out and sells drugs. WTF? I would say the best thing for her would be for them to lock him up for as long as possible but she's an imbecile and will just go find another guy like him who may be even worse. Sigh. Of all the people to win the lottery and a massive jackpot like that, it had to be someone like her.
When I say poor, I don't mean wealth wise. She still has plenty for others to try to bleed out of her...
Marie Holmes thinks she knows what she is doing. Will she spend a small amount on legal, financial, and mental health care advice? For her family. She needs the right kind of help. She can afford it today before she blows through her prize.
Her win should last until she passes on and then continue for her children's lives.
A winner's family, friends, and herself will be her downfall if she is not careful.
She'll pay the $100K fine no doubt. He'll get paroled in no time, not 7.5 years as I don't believe this is a Federal prison. Since it involved another state he could face Federal charges as well, though the way things are nowadays I seriously doubt it.
She's counting down the days until this bottom feeder is released. Can't win (or haven't so far) the big lottery, but I can guarantee she'll take him back. Her self-esteem is in the gutter.
Sadly this is going to turn into another story for "Lottery winners who lost it all"
Maybe she can now get some peace and move far far away while he in jail.
Man, you don't know how mad this whole situation makes me.
He could have had anything he wanted.
With a woman with kids, and a hundred million dollars.
Now, the big dudes in jail are going to be making fun of him,
for giving up what he had.
He may have wished he asked the Judge for lethal injection.
He's sick, as is his woman. The kids are not faring any better.
What are the kids going to reflect on? That their Mom's boyfriend is a drug dealer and jail magnet?
When will she wake up?
Hope she gets the bond money back she already posted
most curious story indeed
They grew up in a life style which is next to impossible to escape even with the money from a Jackpot!
She won $188 million, if she wanted to move away from him and not be with him, she would have done so the day she won the lottery. It's pretty clear she wants to be with this loser until the bitter end. The millions she's spent on bailing this criminal out shows that clearly enough.
Didn't this girl have any parents to teach her what's right and wrong?
I mean how difficult is it to figure out that North Carolina is not the place for her - with all its heat and humidity?
Only when she wakes up, and finds herself in a new situation, like some place in California, it'll all start making sense.
But she refuses to change the present costly and degrading lifestyle and situation. Maybe it's a black thing?
Guys relax I think she got $88 million in cash and she only spent like $10 million for her beloved husband....So she still has plenty left and I am pretty sure she invested something from that already and making money she can't be that stupid
Boyfriend NOT husband!
lol, she "only" spent $10 million on her boyfriend? Lottery winners who think like that will lose it all pretty fast.
Rich people who still treat money like it's valuable will continue to stay rich. Those who suddenly think they no longer have to worry about the value of money are doomed to lose it.
She had Parents: They made her the way she is!
ugh Groppo!!!! You pulled the race card and are suggesting its a "Black" thing? How many black people do you know who won the Powerball lottery and have gotten themselves in this situation? People of ALL races have done ridiculous things all for the sake of love. This situation is sad, regardless of the race of the interested parties. We've all said "Oh, I would never do this or that". Its easy to judge others situations when you are on the surface and don't truly know the full details.
In spite of the fact the guy seems like a bad person because he chose the make money in the 'life', none of us know how he held her down BEFORE she became rich or what drove him to that path. One thing is for certain. The plight of the the black man/woman is one of the most difficult and misunderstood ones out there right now and I am sick of people putting us down without understand those challenges. AND yes Groppo that is a BLACK thing.
Did anyone consider this-When she had nothing before, HE was the only one there for her and stayed with her in spite of her being poor. Now she has money, she is supposed to dump him? Did he start dealing AFTER she won the lottery? I don't know but I suspect not. If she is loyal to him and stayed with him after she won, I have respect for that, regardless of how much it cost her or if its not in-line with society's mainstream value system.
Im just giving another side to it. I would like to think I would have dumped the guy, saved myself millions of dollars and moved on with my life. But thats my life. NONE of us know truly why she choose to stay and keep bailing him out. Please lets not be so quick to call her stupid and judge. We dont know the whole story, just the one the media choses to cover.
OF COURSE SHE WILL pay the fine
, Between the two of them they have one brain cell and they lost that one... In the Immortal words of Forest Gump.... STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES... it is too bad with him gone for a while no more material for the funny pages 
This saga will only get worst. Unbeknownst to many, the notorious gangs on the inside will get her residential information from him ransom him and her and the kids lives if she doesn't pay up. She needs to move, not give out her forwarding information, etc. But jail gangs hearing how readily she gives her money out, will with great determination, seek to cash in.
Unofficially he is her husband it's just not official otherwise I don't think she would spent $10 million for her "boyfriend".....Bf gf is a part time thing but husband wife is not
I wish her well .I would like for to move on and raised her kids thats more important than anything .Instead of using your money for a man thats going to do the same thing when he gets out of jail.
but as I originally stated and caught a lot of flak for saying "she'd be broke inside of 3 years"
b4 congratulating her first
a few things remain obvious :
I wonder which is more important to her ??
I got the same grief you did buddy and here we are now, both laughing, being proven right. You would have to be a blind idiot to not see this coming.
When you love sriracha sauce- nothing else matters. You can put that stuff on & in anything. Soups, burgers,steaks- you name it. It's that good.
OK . I have finally figured it out!
Only Dumb people like Marie Holmes, Cynthia Stafford and the recent Tennessee Powerball Winners can actually Win these Mega-Jackpots!
No one here on LP will ever win, because we are all too smart
I would want to become dumb in order for me to win a Jackpot
"Maybe it's a black thing? "
This is a Racist Remark !!!
The majority of Middle Class White People, Poor White Trash, Blue Collar Caucasians, Latinos, Asians, Indians, and other Minorities also act STUPID after winning Millions of Dollars in the Lottery, b/c they don't know how to handle so much money !!! It's the MONEY, Not the Color of your skin !!!
The only other factors that play into STUPID Behavior is your Psychological State of Mind, and how your individual Life Experience affects you.
STUPID is Color Blind, and does not discriminate based on race, nationality, socio-economic status, age, gender, religion, etc. !!!
You also cannot judge STUPID in the first place, until you walk a mile in STUPID's shoes !!!
Don't drop the soap Hot Sauce!, lol
They had to buy the winning tickets to win, does that mean the players who brought the losing tickets were smarter?
For Her Kids Safety Mainly
Reminds Of That Wizard Of Oz Movie
Where The Scarecrow Sings..."If I Only Had A Brain",lol
Then You Would Only Need "Dumb Luck" To Win The Lottery
No, it's a DUMB thing.
Why do you think they call it "dumb luck"???
As a pro black black man who loves ALL races of people, I have no problem with his comment. I'm sure he's heard of dumb WHITE lottery winners, like Victoria Zell and Jack Whittaker.
It was just a joke.
Rappers have made BILLIONS of dollars using the "N" word and made it fashionable.
When I was in line at the liqour store last week, they were playing some black rapper's song through the store's speakers, where almost every other word was the N word.
Being the only black person in the store, hearing the rapper's continuous use of the N word in the presence of a bunch of white people was embarrassing.
"BLM drug dealers"???
Now this statetment was RACIST because the Black Lives Matter movement does NOT sell drugs.
In my opinion she was just a actress who pretended to win that money and was paid off to do it and also paid off to have these stories written. The type of house she bought doesn't add up to someone who has $50 million. People will believe anything nobody can see that these big jackpots and news releases are as fake as Sandy hook. The next story will be how she filed bankruptcy simply because she never had got that much money anyway. The fools will continue to believe this crap because they want to believe they can win. If you believe this bull you probably still believe the earth is round and spinning very fast. I don't like fools their viruses!! ??????????????
Now she can spend her money and not worry about this douchebag.
Uh, pirate......
It's time to put the crack pipe down.
Once the stuff wears off, you'll be coherent again.
Maybe.....
Bad women are made for bad men and good women are made for good men.
The Virgin Mary was made for Joseph the Carpenter and Bonnie Parker was made for Bonnie and Clyde;
Bad women are made for bad men and good women are made for good men,
Most times, women get the type of man they deserve...that's life.
Golden Hair Guy: Its horrible!! first place, this WOMAN shouldn't get the winning money. she bought the ticket using tax payers money. That money was given to her to feed her children. Its terrible!! i know money. I eat money!!
Vermont old Guy: Let me tell you this, Now you know, why I blame all the 1% of wall street. They keep money to themselves. This woman has almost $200 million and she is spending her money on Govt.every month. she gives 3 million, 6 million, and 12 million, she is a very generous woman. We need more women like that in our society. This is a perfect new social behavior we all should adapt.
Still Hanging!! O-ho guy! this Woman should take the HIGH ROAD if she loves somebody that dearly, she shouldn't take the LOW road spending 3,6,12 million, ..she should.give all her winning money to States. end of the story. don't keep hanging.
No more Emails, text me lady! DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCES..IF SHE GIVES 3,6, 10 OR 188 MILLION,...WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING WITH SLUM LORD..
I hope she sees the light, but I have my doubts.
I wouldn't be surprised if we 1 day read a story here where she is "broke". 