In Chicago, Jeffrey Dampier is working as a security guard when he nets $20 million in the Illinois lottery; he buys a huge house and luxury automobiles and marries a younger wife, but his perfect life hides a dark, deadly secret.
Family man Joe Rukaj wins $17.5 million in the New York lottery, then he makes a decision causing two families to go on the warpath and leading to death.
After Ibi Roncaioli wins $5 million in the Canadian lottery, she figures all her worries are over, but a betrayal is just around the corner, bringing her fairy tale to an end.