With its huge jackpots and heartwarming rags-to-riches stories, the lottery has become the
hope and dream of millions of Americans--and the fastest-growing source of state revenue …

Scholars have offered two primary explanations for the influence that neighboring states
have on policy diffusion: state officials learn by observing the outcomes of policies and …

Scholars have proposed two distinct explanations for why policies diffuse across American
states:(1) policymakers learn by observing the experiences of nearby states, and (2) states …

Lotteries operate today in many countries around the world. This type of gambling is usually
run by governments and is sometimes described as regressive. Lottery is an unfair bet, so …

This chapter surveys the literature on the economics of lotteries and is organized around two
central themes. The first section examines the microeconomic aspects of lotteries, including …

A number of studies have attempted to estimate demand functions for state-operated lottery
games, usually with quarterly or annual data. A few include the price of a lottery bet as an …

This study uses a sample of lottery players from three states to estimate the probability of
lottery play and expenditures on lottery products using a different methodology than is used …

State lotteries are the fiscal gimmick for the 1980s, receiving widespread popular and
legislative approval. Unfortunately, the impact of structural and external influences on lottery …

ABSTRACT New York State lotto data are examined to determine whether the sales
slowdown experienced by many state lotteries between 1985 and 1987 was due to a …

Most of the academic literature that has examined state lotteries has had a negative
assessment of them. Studies of lotteries as a source of revenue have reported that even …