A sewer worker Ethan Walker takes the fall for his best friend Blake and spends three years in prison. Upon release, he discovers Blake has stolen his wife Natalie and daughter Mia. Reduced to poverty, insulted for being fat and poor, Ethan picks up a discarded lottery ticket from a trash bin and wins a staggering $500 million jackpot. With sudden wealth, he pushes through grueling workouts to transform his physique, fights relentlessly for custody of his beloved daughter Mia, and uncovers proof of Blake’s crime. At a class reunion, the truth of the old construction accident is laid bare. Blake faces arrest for his betrayal and fraud. Though Natalie regrets her choices, she cannot win Ethan back. In the end, Ethan secures a warm home for Mia, clears his name, and embraces a hopeful new future alongside his family and kind hearted old classmate Claire.
