Megga Maps Handicap

Stick and Bear are teenagers in high school who just want to have some fun and maybe make a little money. Their app allows anyone in America to race each other, beating their estimated arrival time (the handicap), for bragging rights. It quickly goes viral, becoming “Fight Club for Soccer Moms”. But when they are forced to sell part of their interest to a financial schemer with a nefarious background, it turns into an online gambling Ponzi scheme, involving cryptocurrencies, prediction markets, credit-default swaps, and dodgy derivatives. Soon, Stick has the US government, shadowy mercenaries, the financial underworld, and worse—his mother—after him: threatening, cajoling, warning. He grew up poor, and the prospect of a big payoff entices him, but at what cost? The government tells him a final “Big Race” will destroy the world economy if it is allowed to run, and threatens to bring down all the GPS satellites to prevent it from occurring. His best friend, Bear, comes from money and wants the race to run for a big payoff. Stick is forced to choose between money, his conscience, and friendship, and must grow up in a hurry before the GPS satellites are turned off. Megga Maps Handicap is a satirical comedic coming-of-age thriller about a mother’s love, friendship, and the cost of doing the right thing.