Jerry and Marge Go Large (2024)

Jerry somewhat reluctantly retires from his job on a factory line that used his exceptional math skills to their advantage, but he was never going to get rich doing it, and their retirement savings are on the sparse side. He is not a risk taker--not even having money in the stock market, so when he discovers a loop hole in the lottery math, where with big money they can literally win every time, he takes the plunge. Marge has been hoping to rekindle their relationship now that Jerry is not going in to work every day, so while at first he sneaks around, he confesses what he is up to and she jumps in with both feet. Once they develop a system, they get their whole town invovled, and everyone is pouring money into rejuvenating the town, and it is all a feel good thing until a rich spoiled Harvard kid discovers the same loophole, as well as that he could make more money if he took Marge and Jerry out of the game. College kids do not come off looking good, hard working folk do, and when the Boston Globe breaks the story and the lottery changes the game, it makes for a nice ending to a mostly true story.