Winners & Losers is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of Packed to the Rafters and is aired in the show's former time slot. Winners & Losers focuses on the lives of four women living in Melbourne, after they win a large amount of money in the Oz Lotto. Seven renewed Winners & Losers for a second season in July 2011 and it began airing from 26 June 2012. Two months later, it was announced the series had been renewed for a third season. A fourth season was confirmed on 19 December 2013. A fifth season was confirmed on 3 December 2014. Angus Ross, the Director of Programming at the Seven Network, confirmed in an interview with Australian television blog TV Tonight that the fifth season of Winners & Losers would be the final season. The season premiered on 5 July 2016 and concluded on 12 September 2016. Plot The series revolves around the lives of four women: Jenny Gross (Melissa Bergland), Bec Gilbert (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith), Frances James (Virginia Gay) and Sophie Wong (Melanie Vallejo). The girls were "the losers" in high school. Ten years later, they realise they are really winners once they are reunited at their school reunion and afterwards, win the Oz Lotto. Cast Regular Melissa Bergland as Jenny Gross Virginia Gay as Frances James Melanie Vallejo as Sophie Wong Zoe Tuckwell-Smith as Bec Gilbert (series 1–4) Sarah Grace as Bridget Gross Paul Moore as Wes Fitzpatrick Nick Russell as Gabe Reynolds (series 3–5) Nathin Butler as Luke MacKenzie (series 3–5) James Saunders as Pete Reeves (series 3–5) Demi Harman as Riley Hart (series 5) Scott Smart as Alex MacKenzie (series 5) Tom Wren as Doug Graham (series 1–4) Denise Scott as Trish Gross (series 1–5) Francis Greenslade as Brian Gross (series 1–5) Jack Pearson as Patrick Gross (series 1–4) Damien Bodie as Jonathan Kurtiss (series 1–3) Stephen Phillips as Zach Armstrong (series 1–3) Mike Smith as Callum Gilbert (series 1–3) Blair McDonough as Matt O'Connor (series 1–2) Tom Hobbs as Flynn Johnson (series 2–3) Katherine Hicks as Sam MacKenzie (series 2–4) Sibylla Budd as Carla Hughes (series 3–4) Laura Gordon as Izzy Hughes (series 4) Recurring Anne Phelan as Dot Gross (series 2–4) Madeleine West as Deirdre Gross (series 1) PiaGrace Moon as Jasmine Patterson (series 1–4) Nell Feeney as Carolyn