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Gaming in the New Market Environment This page intentionally left blank Gaming in the New Market Environment Edited by Matti Viren Selection and editorial matter © Matti Viren 2008 Chapters © their authors 2008 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-50050-1 All rights reserved No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-35270-8 ISBN 978-0-230-58261-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230582613 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gaming in the new market environment / edited by Matti Viren p cm Includes bibliographical references and index Gambling industry Gambling Lotteries I Viren, Matti HV6710.G38 2008 338.4′7795–dc22 10 17 16 15 14 13 2008014546 12 11 10 09 08 Contents List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Acknowledgements viii List of Contributors ix Chapter Introduction Chapter When Welfare Economics and Gambling Studies Collide 23 Chapter Demand Issues in the Market for Lotto and Similar Games 54 Chapter Lottery Design Lessons from the Dismal Science 75 Chapter Lotteries as a Source of Revenue 99 Chapter Problem Gambling and European Lotteries 126 Chapter The Economics of Scale and Scope in the Lottery Industry 160 Chapter The Political Economy of Regulating Gambling 184 References 209 Index 221 v List of Tables 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Summary of demand elasticities Regression results, UK Saturday Lotto sales (millions) UK Saturday Lotto sales regression Spending on Lotto and other models of gambling Estimated parameters of log sales equations Gross tax rates, EU lotteries Gambling revenues (£ million) and gross tax rates, UK Excise rates – UK National Lottery, alcohol, tobacco and petrol products Tax revenues, with and without the lottery Share of total income spent on ‘vices’, by income decile Share of spending on ‘vices’, by income decile Correlation coefficients of expenditures Why people play the National Lottery? 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