
Opens 4 july 2025
UPCOMING Screenings
Thanks for your interest in BEAT THE LOTTO! The film opens 4 July 2025. Ticket information and links will be updated here as they become available.
Cork, IFI@Briery Gap, Macroom, 8pm, 28 July 2025 - tickets
Dublin, Light House - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, Movies @ Dundrum - showtimes & tickets
Mayo, Castlebar, Mayo Movie World - showtimes & tickets
Wicklow, Bray, Mermaid Arts Centre, screening + director Q&A, 8pm, 26 July 2025 - tickets
PREVIOUS Screenings
Belfast, Movie House CitySide - showtimes & tickets
Cork, ARC Cinema, Screening + Director Q&A, 7pm, 1 July 2025 - tickets
Cork, ARC Cinema - showtimes & tickets
Cork, Omniplex Mahon Point - showtimes & tickets
Derry, Brunswick Moviebowl - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, IMC Dún Laoghaire - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, IMC Santry - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, IMC Savoy - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, Irish Film Institute (IFI), Screening + Director Q&A, 6.30pm, 4 July 2025 - tickets
Dublin, Irish Film Institute (IFI) - showtimes & tickets
Dublin, Omniplex Rathmines - showtimes & tickets
Galway, Eye Cinema - showtimes & tickets
London, Bertha DocHouse - showtimes & tickets
About the film
A rip-roaring tale about the mathematician who, along with a ragtag syndicate, plotted to fix Ireland’s National Lottery in 1992, captivating the nation and sparking rabid debate.
In Ireland, the public became obsessed when the National Lottery arrived, none more so than mathematician and avid stamp-collector Stefan Klincewicz. Using mathematical analysis, he reckoned the system could be beaten if he could just gather enough people to form a syndicate to buy every single ticket combination – and front up all the cash, of course. Director Ross Whitaker fashions this unbelievable true story into a gripping thriller, mirroring the tension felt by the public as the lottery authorities caught wind of the plan. With insightful interviews and fantastic archival footage, the film is a look back at Ireland in the 1990s and a compelling tale of one man’s attempt to outsmart the system.
