University student Patrick wins $1 million on a 'scratch' lottery
ticket. Afraid of being mugged, Patrick hides the ticket inside the house he shares with five other students (Jones, Lorenzo, Blake, Donald and Tamsin) and goes out on the town to celebrate. But Patrick parties too hard and ends up in intensive care in a terminal condition. Figuring Patrick won't live long enough to enjoy his newfound wealth, his housemates decide to find his hidden ticket and share the spoils. Meanwhile, just off the coast, an apocalyptic tropical cyclone looms, threatening to wipe out everything in its path …

Travis Bain was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, in 1973. He has an honours degree in psychology and extensive experience in film and video production. In 1998, Travis started winning awards for his short films and television commercials. In 2001, Travis' first novel The Aztecs was published by Jacobyte Books. In 2002, inspired by Robert Rodriguez's $7,000 breakthrough film El Mariachi, Travis commenced pre-production on his first feature-length digital movie, Scratched.