Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The Lottery (Season 1, Episode 24)
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TV Episode | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Lottery (Season 1, Episode 24)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Last Week Tonight features in-depth and critical look at state lotteries. It also looks at the Turkish Prime Minister's Grand Palace and a Salmon shooting cannon.

Writers

Tim Carvell | Dan Gurewitch | Jeff Maurer (written by) | John Oliver & 2 more

Cinematographer

Russell Swanson

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 9, 2014

Release date

Nov 9, 2014 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 28 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 59 wins & 106 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
29 cast members

Name	Known for
John Oliver Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
J.J. Abrams Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Lost (2004)
Mario Batali Self Self See fewer	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Michelle Beadle Self Self See fewer	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Nate Begle Puppeteer Puppeteer See fewer	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
Wayne Brady Self Self See fewer	Foodfight! (2012)
Sharon Case Sharon Collins Sharon Collins See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson Homer Simpson See fewer	The Simpsons (1989)
Stephen Colbert Self Self See fewer	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Anderson Cooper Self Self See fewer	Chappie (2015)
Mike Easley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	WRAL Murder Trials (2003)
Harry Esteve Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jimmy Fallon Self Self See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Mitchell Pritchett Mitchell Pritchett See fewer	Cocaine Bear (2023)
Tom Hanks Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Cast Away (2000)
Dwight Howard Self Self See fewer	Free Birds (2013)
David Letterman Self Self See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Paul McGinnis Unicorn Unicorn See fewer	The Muppets (2011)
Joel McHale Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Community (2009)
Seth Meyers Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Documentary Now! (2015)
Joshua Morrow Nicholas Newman Nicholas Newman See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Kyle Ploof Space Gecko Space Gecko See fewer	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Rachael Ray Self Self See fewer	The Emoji Movie (2017)
Kelly Ripa Self Self See fewer	All My Children (1970)
Jon Stewart Self Self See fewer	The Daily Show (1996)
Eric Stonestreet Cameron Tucker Cameron Tucker See fewer	The Loft (2014)
Angela Struck Miss First Contestant (as Angela Gould) Miss First Contestant (as Angela Gould) See fewer	Guest House (2013)
Wanda Sykes Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Monster-in-Law (2005)
Meredith Vieira Self Self See fewer	Get Him to the Greek (2010)