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The Lottery

The Lottery

20146.01 Season10 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.

NetworksLifetime

Top Cast

Marley Shelton

Marley Shelton

Dr. Alison Lennon

Michael Graziadei

Michael Graziadei

Kyle Walker

Athena Karkanis

Athena Karkanis

Vanessa Keller

David Alpay

David Alpay

James

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

Darius Hayes

Yul Vazquez

Yul Vazquez

President

Jesse Filkow

Jesse Filkow

Elvis Walker

Themes & Keywords

futureinfertilityscientistpandemic

About The Lottery

The Lottery is a drama, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of future, infertility, scientist, pandemic. it stars Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, Athena Karkanis. Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.

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