Oliver Samuels in Lucky Money

‘LUCKY MONEY is a comedy about a self righteous university lecturer, political activist and radio talk show host Walter Nelson (Pablo Hoilett) who receives a ‘moral beating’ after he tries to use his superior education and intellect to rob a poor and humble street-smart man Anton DeSouza (Oliver Samuels) out of what is rightfully his.

One evening Walter receives a visit from Anton who turns up at Walter’s house to collect money, which Anton insists is due to him in keeping with an agreement they made when he supplied Walter with lottery numbers. However, although the numbers have won, Walter goes back on his word and instead of sharing the winnings fifty-fifty, offers Anton a little pittance along with a washing machine and a second hand fridge.

Before long, Walter realises that Anton’s name is signed on the back of the winning ticket, which makes him the only person who can legally claim the multimillion dollar prize.

Walter, despite the political rhetoric he is known to spiel on the radio and in traditional and social media, comes up with a series of underhanded schemes, in which poor and needy Anton would sign away his rights to the once-in-a-lifetime riches, without even knowing it.

Walters’s wife Alzira, (Karen Harriot) plays referee in the treacherous blaze of cutthroat negotiations and humorous clashes, as the two men try to get at each other’s throats. Anton treats Walter to a scorching and raking over the coals, mixed with lessons in trust and moral integrity, that no one would expect a little-street man could give to an educated intellectual!

In the end, Walter is truly humbled, facing a future without much. Anton, however, proves to be the one with high morals and a generous heart, as despite his legal rights are having the upper hand; he shares the prize with Walter fifty-fifty, thereby honouring the original agreement.