Lino lives in Turin with the family of his sister. He doesn't have a good job and never enough money. But in a day his life changes: he wins 1 billion dollars in a lottery and... everyone becomes a friend, the girl who he liked becomes his girlfriend and his sister begins to love him. He leaves Turin with his friend Parola and, in a casino, he loses all money! But luck returns...

Lino, uno squattrinato emigrato pugliese a compila con l’aiuto del suo amico muto Parola una schedina con cui riesce a fare un tredici al Totocalcio vincendo 1 miliardo e 300 milioni di lire. Per fuggire dall'assedio di avidi congiunti, amici del caffè, creditori mafiosi, fugge con Parola verso la Costa Azzurra, dando vita a una serie di disastrose avventure.