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.
Esta serie gira en torno a un grupo de veinte amigos que ganan 386 millones de dólares, el mayor premio en la historia de la lotería. A partir de allí “Windfall” refleja cómo todo se modifica a partir de este hecho inesperado, cómo el dinero cambia la vida de estos 20 jóvenes después de su inesperado golpe de suerte. Cada una de ellos reaccionará de una manera diferente a su nuevo status, para algunos supondrá problemas maritales, éticos, legales e incluso criminales.
El grupo está compuesto por Peter Schaefer (Luke Perry, 90210) un marido dedicado a su esposa Nina (Lana Parrilla, Metrópoli). Sin embargo, ella mantiene una relación complicada con Cameron Walsh (Jason Gedrick, Metrópoli) quien está casado con Beth (Sarah Wynter, 24), una bellísima mujer que empieza a desconfiar de los verdaderos intereses de su marido. Sean Mathers (D.J. Cotrona, Skin), para quien ganar la lotería podría develar secretos de su pasado, Damien Cutler (Jon Foster, Life as we know it), un adolescente rebelde para quien este golpe del destino le permite liberarse de sus padres e independizarse; mientras que la vida de Frankie (Alice Greczyn) de 16 años cambia por completo cuando su madre se convierte en una de las ganadoras. A Kimberly George (Malinda Williams, Soul Food), repartidora de pizzas, el premio le permite comenzar una nueva vida junto a su hijo mientras que a la enfermera Maggie Hernández (Jaclyn DeSantis) el dinero le servirá para ayudar a los mas necesitados.
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.
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.