On April 1st, 1986, Jean-Guy Lavigueur's family won $7.6 million in a lottery draw. Their massive windfall quickly turned sour as the family's story unfolded in dramatic fashion, depicting the perils of sudden wealth and its consequences.

On April 1st, 1986, Jean-Guy Lavigueur, an unemployed blue-collar worker and his family won 7.6 million dollars. At the time, it was the largest amount ever won at Loto-Quebec's 6/49 weekly draws. What should have been the beginning of a fairytale for the family turned rapidly into a nightmare... and their story is the stuff of amazing television drama.—Locomotion