A trama começa quando José João Batista (Milton Moraes), mais conhecido como Zezão, morre de mal súbito na casa de Mariazinha (Elizabeth Savalla), após quase atropelá-la quando dirigia de volta para casa. O cartão premiado acaba sendo enterrado com ele, para desespero da família, que não encontra o bendito papel que poderá enriquecê-los.
For 30 years, José João Batista—better known as Zezão—worked for the same company. After being forced into retirement by the board, he is left bitter and resentful, only to win a major lottery prize. However, he never collects the winnings, as he is struck and killed by a vehicle beforehand; the winning ticket ends up being buried with him. Angelina, Zezão’s wife, and their four children—Pedro, Jesus, André, and Maria de Fátima—search everywhere for the ticket, until Angelina has a vision of her late husband. In the vision, he reveals that he was buried with the ticket, which was tucked into the pocket of his suit jacket. Angelina then decides to exhume Zezão’s body. When the coffin is opened, the family discovers the corpse wearing only his underwear and concludes that the ticket has been stolen. This sets the stage for the soap opera's main plot: the search for the missing ticket.
30 Jahre lang arbeitete José João Batista, genannt Zezão, in derselben Firma, wo er schließlich Leiter des Archivs wurde. Plötzlich wird er von der Geschäftsleitung in den Ruhestand versetzt, was er nicht hinnehmen will. Verzweifelt spielt er Lotto und gewinnt die „Quina“. Allerdings erhält er den Gewinn nicht, da er plötzlich stirbt. Zum Unglück der Familie - seiner Frau Angelina und den vier Kindern Pedro, Jésus, André und Maria de Fátima - wird der Gewinnschein zusammen mit der Leiche begraben. Umso schlimmer, als die Familie den Toten ausgräbt und er nackt im Grab liegt. Der Schein? Er ist verschwunden, was eine regelrechte Schatzsuche auslöst.
