When considering whether "My Dream Home Lottery" is real or scripted, it's important to note that the show does feature actual lottery winners. Television executive Mike Krupat shared the show's initial struggle to find lottery winners willing to sign on to the first season with Mediaweek.
"We reached out to close to 1,000 lottery winners, and we got 10 to appear on our first season," said Krupat. "Lottery winners don't really need the exposure, and they don't need the money to participate. The truth is they have great stories to tell, which is appealing to them."
The legitimacy of the lottery winners featured in the show can be corroborated through other media sources that include interviews with them or make note of their winnings.
For example, Anthony Colligan, who was featured in the seventh season of the show, is noted by Powerball as having won the Louisiana Lottery Powerball in June of 2018. Since then, he's also discussed the experience of looking for houses in the Lafayette area of Louisiana with David Bromstad through the show, per The Advocate.
Similarly, Charity Stivason of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, was noted by TribLive as having won The Pennsylvania Lottery in 2020 before appearing on the show in season twelve of "My Lottery Dream Home" (via Play Pennsylvania). Stivason's episode was especially moving, as she had recently lost her husband before winning the money.
