Film

28 July 2025

IFI@BrieryGap | Beat the Lotto

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When

28 July 2025

Time

8pm start time | Doors open from 7.30pm

Rated G

When downtrodden 1980s Ireland inaugurated a National Lottery the people began to dream. For Cork-based mathematician Stefan Klincewicz, it was an obsession.

Spotting a flaw in the system, he recruited a ragtag team of chancers, and masterminded an audacious plan to fix the draw the win the millions. The heist became public knowledge, and in a race against time, the lottery did everything they could to try and stop the steal, dividing the nation on a very public caper. The colourful raconteurs in Ross Whitaker’s documentary infuse this complex tale of system-beating derring-do with wry humour and impressive mathematical moxie.

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One of the best stories from 1990s Ireland (or, indeed, anytime-you-like Ireland) gets a big-screen outing in this charmer of a documentary from director Ross Whitaker (Katie, Between Land and Sea, Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story).

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Harry Guerin | Multimedia Journalist | RTÉ

Credits

Director | Ross Whitaker

Starring | Stefan Klincewicz, Pat Kenny, Mark Little, Lise Hand

Film Genre | Documentary

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