U bliskoj budućnosti uspostavljena je 'Velika lutrija' s jednom cakom: ubiti pobjednika prije zalaska sunca kako bi legalno zatražio svoj zgoditak od više milijardi dolara. Kad se Katie Kim greškom nađe s dobitnim listićem, nevoljko se udružuje s amaterskim agentom za zaštitu lutrije Noelom Cassidyjem koji je mora dovesti do zalaska sunca u zamjenu za dio njezine nagrade.
Temeljeno na istinitoj priči o paru Jerryju i Marge Selbee, koji su na lutriji osvojili 27 milijuna dolara i iskoristili ih za oživljavanje svog malog grada.
Mudri čarobnjak Ulrich (R. Richardson) naučava svog mladog pomoćnika Galena (P. MacGalen) vjerujući da u njemu ima najboljeg nasljednika. Jednog dana u njihovo utočište stignu stanovnici daleke zemlje Urland kojom vladaju strah i nemoć. Naime, urlandski kralj Casiodorus (P. Eyre) svake godine žrtvuje jednu djevicu kako bi spasio svoju zemlju od strašnog zmaja. Želeći doznati je li Ulrich doista toliko moćan koliko se tvrdi, kraljev posilni Tyrian (J. Hallam) ubije starog čarobnjaka, pa put Urlanda krene sam Galen. Još uvijek shrvan zbog čarobnjakove smrti, mladić na putu sretne vršnjaka Valeriana (C. Clarke) koji je zapravo djevojka.
Leslie, samohrana majka iz Zapadnog Teksasa, je sama, teško živi i opija se, pokušavajući odgajati sina jedinca. Odjednom se stvari preokreću u njenu korist te dobija priliku za svijetlu i uspješnu budućnost kada osvoji ozbiljan iznos na lutriji. No, budući da nije znala kako postupati s novcem godine provedene u euforiji završile su jednako kao i nagrada koju je dobila. Više nema kamo otići i prisiljena je vratiti se kući i suočiti se sa svojom prošlošću.
Dobitnička srećka povuče sudbonosne posljedice za muža i ženu koji namjeravaju ubiti jedno drugo kako bi se domogli nagrade.
Chances was an Australian evening soap opera, produced from 1991 to 1992. It told the story of the average middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by winning $3 million in the lottery. The series was broadcast by the Nine Network, initially as two one-hour episodes each week. Principal cast members included John Sheerin and Brenda Addie as Dan and Barbara Taylor, Jeremy Sims as their mischievous son Alex, Deborah Kennedy as Dan's sister Connie Reynolds, Tim Robertson as Dan's brother Jack, Anne Grigg as his wife Sarah, and Michael Caton as neighbourhood friend Bill Anderson. Originally, creator Lynn Bayonas pitched the show as a family-oriented drama; however to help ensure the program's success, Channel Nine asked for nude scenes and risqué elements to also be included in the series. Initial publicity for the show focused on the sex angle, and it was for this that Chances was chiefly known.
At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery. It was broadcast on ITV, for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003. At the beginning of the first series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Alison has to decide what to do with the winnings, and when to tell her family. David is having an affair with Elaine, his secretary at work. Virginia is on the verge of flunking out of university. Sarah has a crush on her drama teacher. Charlotte suspects that her mother may be the mystery lottery winner.
What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win. They need to be careful what they wish for, because while the money could solve problems for each of them, it will forever change the close-knit bonds these friends have formed.
Windfall is a serial drama television series about a group of people in an unnamed small city who win almost $400,000,000 in a lottery.
Lottery! is an American drama series that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush. Lottery! centered around ordinary people who have won the lottery--all of a sudden becoming millionaires--and how it changes their lives.
What happens when millions fall on you without any preparation? 6 new lottery winners are surprised to learn the will not get the money immediately. A new low mandates them to take a workshop to prepare them to their new lives as millioners.
$25 Million Dollar Hoax is an unscripted television series that was originally shown on American network NBC in November 2004. It is based on a United Kingdom show titled The Million Pound Hoax, broadcast on Sky One earlier that year. $25 Million Dollar Hoax consists of three unscripted hour-long episodes in which small-town girl Chrissy Sanford plays a hoax on her family by convincing them she had won a US$25,000,000 lottery prize through the internet, and that it had changed her from a sweet girl into a spend-a-holic. This program is an example of reality television. $25 Million Dollar Hoax contained guest appearances by Ed McMahon, George Gray, and N*SYNC's Lance Bass. Chrissy successfully pulled off the hoax, which won her and her family over $400,000 in cash and prizes.
An ordinary man, obsessed with winning the lottery, hatches a brilliant plan to steal the prize on live TV when faced with financial desperation.
