Claire Shaw is a desperate housewife trapped in an abusive marriage with her alcoholic husband Rick, living in Millbrook, a faded Rust Belt town in Pennsylvania. With her last dollar, she buys a lottery ticket — and wins the $50 million jackpot.
Instead of claiming the prize right away, Claire consults a lawyer and learns a critical Pennsylvania law rule: lottery winnings are classified as assets based on the claim date, not the purchase date. If she cashes in after her divorce is finalized, Rick gets nothing.
