Underplayed Gems

Sweepstakes

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The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Each episode follows different people who enter a big money sweepstakes. It shows their lives before the contest and the consequences of winning or losing the money.

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What happens

Sweepstakes, stylized as $weepstake$, is an American anthology television series that aired in the United States on NBC from January 26 to March 30, 1979. It depicts the lives of people who hope to win a large amount of money in a sweepstakes and what happens after they win — or do not win — the money. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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