Almost everyone has played the lottery and everyone would like to win it. When the National Lottery was launched in Ireland in 1986, a type of mania ensued with the public taking the game to their hearts. In a depressed and dysfunctional era, the technologically advanced National Lottery was one of the country’s few trusted institutions, running like clockwork and dispersing funds to good causes. All the Numbers tells the story of the man who tried to beat the Lotto system and split public opinion, dividing a nation and illustrating a country that was ready for massive change.