Dressing the part
Marie was accustomed to living in dire poverty. Most of her life was spent in a trailer located in Shallotte, North Carolina.
But now, with her Powerball win, she was finally moving on up. It was tough for her to hide how excited she was. “I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it,” she said. She’d been waiting for a chance like this- a new lease on life for so long that it seemed surreal when it happened.