Waking Ned Devine Drinking Game Rules
Play this Waking Ned Devine drinking game for a warm, clever comedy set in a small Irish village. The movie moves from a shocking lottery win to a full town cover-up, and it never stops finding new ways to raise the stakes. You get big laughs, quick lies, and scenic views between the chaos.
Start the film with your drink of choice and settle in for 91 minutes of tight pacing. You will track the growing secret, the shaky impersonation, and every close call with the lottery officials. Keep it simple, drink some water along the way, and let the whole room root for Tully More to pull it off.
Waking Ned Devine Drinking Game Rules:
- Take a sip any time someone says “lottery,” “ticket,” or “the numbers.”
- Drink when Jackie O’Shea and Michael O’Sullivan make a new plan, then change it five minutes later.
- Drink when someone says Ned Devine’s name out loud, like the secret is safe.
- Take a sip when the village gossip spreads fast, whether it is by chatter, whispers, or a quick visit next door.
- Drink when Jackie and Michael check on Ned, move him, or talk to him like he can still hear them.
- Drink when Michael rehearses being “Ned,” including his story, his manners, or his signature.
- Take a sip when you see a wide countryside shot that makes Tully More look like a postcard.
- Drink when the pub turns into the meeting room and the whole town starts to “help.”
- Take a sip when Maggie steps in and calls out bad behavior, greed, or dumb ideas.
- Drink when someone asks for proof, papers, or an official check to claim the prize.
- Drink when the lottery official is on the way, arrives, or starts looking around the village.
- Take a sip when a lie gets covered with another lie, and everyone pretends it is normal.
- Drink when the villagers work as one group to stage a moment for an outsider.
- Finish your drink when the scheme almost collapses because someone cannot keep quiet.
- Finish your drink when the win is confirmed and the money is finally locked in for the village.
- Drink when the town gives Ned a proper send-off, with any kind of wake, tribute, or final goodbye.
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About the Movie
- Title
- Waking Ned Devine
- Released
- 08 Jan 1999
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genre
- Comedy
- Plot
- The lucky winner of the national lottery is Ned Devine, so taken by his good fortune that he now can't be waked, because he died from the shock of it! News of the win spread quickly in the scenic little Irish village of Tully More, but not the secret news of Ned's demise. With lottery officials closing in to confirm the prize claimed by the deceased Devine, Ned's closest friends scheme to keep the prize money close to home, in memory of Ned of course! But as the plot twists humorously, they learn it is hard is to keep such a secret in a small town.
- Language
- English, Latin, Irish Gaelic
