David & Goliath Create Insanely Great California Lottery Spot

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David & Goliath have come up with a quick witted answer to the boring genre of lottery advertising. Granted, they still rely on the tried and true method of showing what sudden riches bring to a person but they’ve done it in such a way that it’s quirky, fun and just strange enough to stray outside the norm. And we very much like outside the norm.

As the ad begins, we see a normal man walking down the street with his normal dog. But once he realizes he’s won California’s Strike It RIch, things change dramatically. And very quickly. And very strangely. There is so much rich detail within the last :20 of this commercial that you’ll have to watch it several time to truly appreciate it.

Our favorite moment? Meeting the man’s transformed dog, now called Cornelius and inventor of long division.

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