This analysis of games of chance covers historical aspects of betting from colonial times to modern-day "lottomania," as well as the social and political issues surrounding gambling.

... LottoMANIA Canadians experienced their own Summer of Lotto Love in 1984 , a time when it seemed the whole coun- try had gone stark raving lotto - crazy . A new word entered the vocabulary : " Lottomania . " The seeds of lottomania were ...

... lottomania initially presented a huge boon , large rollover prizes ultimately represented a double - edged sword for state lottery commissions . In the short term , big jackpots increased sales and attracted new players . Yet massive ...

... lottomania is rampant . Table 1.1 shows the top 10 U.S. jackpots ( as of February 1997 ) together with the number of winning tickets for each jackpot . Not only Americans are susceptible to lottomania ; it's a world- wide phenomenon ...

... lottomania implementation and Table 10.4 gives the test results for the model with subjective belief implementation. The entries whose p-values are less than 0.05 are marked with an ∗. Thetests showthatonlyincomedistributionin ...

... lottomania ( FORBES , Mar. 6 , 1989 ) that sent state lottery revenues to more than $ 20 billion last year has finally run out of steam . Revenue gains are slackening off , and in a third of the states playing the game , reve- nues are ...

... lotto mania as examined by Michael Beenstock and Yoel Haitovsky (2001). Lotto mania is said to occur when rollovers have their own impact on lotto sales, even when controlling for the size of the announced jackpot. Using the Israeli ...

... lottomania sweeps the nation , thousands of Americans are becoming sudden millionaires - but pots of gold don't seem to go to their head ་ $ 10.7 MILLION " Work keeps you going . $ 17 MILLION " I didn't win lotto to sit and worry- I ...