Viewers follow the winners as they decide between grand over-the-top estates or more modest homes that fit their needs.

This wasn’t the case forMy Lottery Dream Home.

In fact, the team behind the show had a hard time findinglottery winnerswho wanted to be featured.

David Bromstad smiling

“We reached out to close to 1,000 lottery winners.”

Because of this, Bromstad said it took a year to film the first two episodes.

“It just started out so slow,” he toldThe Wrap.

David Bromstad at event

“So, it was a lot of being on hold ‘Oooh, we have one!

Oops, sorry, we don’t.'”