What movies or TV shows have you seen about the lottery?

Reply #21

pumpi76 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:18:51 GMT

I think but i can't remember....But i think i saw an episode on the X Files, where there was a guy that was the luckiest person in the world, because he would beat any odds but he didn't know it...They thought he had alien qualities or Dna...

that and lucky numbers which i didn't like...And My name is Earl part were he acquires the winning ticket but get hit by a car...

More important than winning the states' lotteries is the movie Red Planet...

Reply #20

pacattack05 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:44:47 GMT

I love Earl Grey tea...

Reply #19

justxploring — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:47:11 GMT

I remember that

Reply #18

stephi — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:56:12 GMT

It could happen to you--my favorite, Lucky Numbers, and My name is Earl--the beginning episodes and now I see an occasional one now and then.

Reply #17

MegaWinner — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:29:22 GMT

Wow, how could I forget about My Name Is Earl? Gonna have to rent the seasons.

Reply #16

Guru101 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:05:24 GMT

The Conners win the lottery in the last season of Roseanne.

Reply #15

Lotto Czar — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:30:20 GMT

All those for sure, and in addition, the basic premise of My Name is Earl is that he got a $100,000 winning scratch ticket and is using his money to turn his life around, righting wrongs, and crossing all of his bad deeds of the past off his list. The first season finale explains this story, and every eposode has an adventure where things don't always go so smoothly. Excellent show, not for the kiddies, however.

There have been episodes of other shows and movies i remember. there wa... [ More ]

Reply #14

delores247 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:22:59 GMT

My Favorite was The Columbo Series where a Guy name Freddie bought a lottery ticket ,won and didnot want to share with his soon to be divorce Wife so his uncle that he trusted not knowing that he was having an affair with the soon to be ex took freedie upon his offer to cash in the Lottery ticket for him and in return freddie promises his unlce a percentage but the unlce finding out from his financial advisor that he was practically broke had a different agenda,Murder,Poor Freddi died and never

Reply #13

Wintariofan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:41:38 GMT

My favorite lottery movie of all time.... The Waking of Ned Devine . If you haven't seen it, rent it. Premise is that someone in this Irish town of 48 people has won the lottery and nobody knows who it is. Until they get innovative and invite everyone in town to dinner to find out who won it...however, there's an extra chicken breast, which means only 47 people showed up.

Missing is Ned Devine....who is found dead after having a massive heart attack sitting by the TV with his lottery tic... [ More ]

Reply #12

fja — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:21:27 GMT

It could happen to you --Movie

Windfall- TV program (lost interest after 3 episodes)

Lottery Diaries-(Documentary//interview) was just on the history channel

Oprah-Just had sudden riches program on Friday (they had a guy who documented a movie about giving a homeless person $100,000 in cash and see how he spent it.)

The Millionaire-(used to be an old TV program) Where they would give families a million dollars and watched what would happen.

Lucky Numbers?- With John

Reply #11

Editgap — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:04:03 GMT

I liked Lucky Seven and a couple of documentaries on TV like the one on A E last night

Reply #10

pacattack05 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:25:59 GMT

OMG....

I didn't even register that Guru...so sorry. But I didn't know the name of the movie at the time, and that's why I didn't catch it. I just thought that you were making a comment about how winning could happen to you....WOW!

Thanx for the heads up justxploring....

Reply #9

justxploring — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:21:31 GMT

Can't take all of the credit. Guru101 mentioned the movie first which is why I recalled the name.

Reply #8

tnlotto1 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:50:44 GMT

nick cage was a cop and rosie perez was his wife. isaac hayes was also in it.

Reply #7

pacattack05 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:09:33 GMT

Wasn't he a cop

Reply #6

pacattack05 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:08:41 GMT

You're good....

Reply #5

justxploring — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:06:46 GMT

Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda in It Could Happen To You.

Reply #4

pacattack05 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:00:44 GMT

The only one I ever saw was a movie about some guy who met this waitress and asked her out, promising he would split the jackpot if he won.

Lo and behold, guess what happens?

I forget the actor and actress.

Good movie....nothing to write home about, but entertaining...

Reply #3

MegaWinner — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:28:25 GMT

Yup, thats the one I thought Pacino or Legiuzamo was in. Was a good flick.

Reply #2

lottolaughs — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:17:56 GMT

29th Street was a good one. Made back in the early 90's or maybe late 80's with Danny Aiello. It's supposedly based on the first New York Lottery winner.

Reply #1

Guru101 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:56:05 GMT

It could happen to you.

What movies or TV shows have you seen about the lottery?

MegaWinner — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:34:12 GMT

What movies, tv shows, or documentaries about the lottery are out there? I have seen Lucky Numbers, some of the episodes of Windfall, an older movie where a guy won the jackpot but had to give up the ticket to save his family (I think Leguizamo or Pacino was in it).

Another movie was about two kids that bought lottery tickets through a drunk on the street and they said they would share but one took one ticket and the other took the other ticket and one of them won the jackpot. So when he