State Lotteries and Legalized Gambling

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State Lotteries and Legalized Gambling Painless Revenue or Painful Mirage

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By Richard McGowan

ISBN: 0-89930-859-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-89930-859-3

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192 pages, figures

Quorum Books

Publication: 10/30/1994

List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4

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Policy makers who face the lure of this additional, ostensibly painless, source of revenue would be well advised to read McGowan's book before voting to legalize lotteries or any form of gaming.
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Choice
...a major contribution to the knowledge of this field because of the rigor of McGowan's thinking and his use of sophisticated research techniques.
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Perspectives on Political Science

Description: Lotteries and state-sponsored gambling is big business. This is the first study that evaluates the business strategies of state lotteries on two fronts. First, it examines which of the lottery strategies produces the most consistent source of revenue for the state. Second, it analyzes possible overall gambling strategies that states will need to utilize as they seek to expand gambling revenue. This is must reading for those operating lotteries, state legislators, vendors to state lottery commissions, taxpayers, and scholars in public policy and government. The whole question of state-sponsored gambling is explored, integrating both the business and policy strategies of operating a state lottery. Initially, gambling and lotteries were introduced into the public policy process in times of social unrest, brought on by the outbreak of war. Since regular sources of governmental revenue were diverted to the war effort, proceeds from gambling activites were used to finance the building of roads, canals, and schools. An "Ethics of Tolerance" also had to evolve in order to engender the public's acceptance of lotteries and gambling. Today, states are using gambling revenues to support education, public transportation, and aid to local towns and cities. Hence, gambling revenues must be maintained or increased. States now must decide whether they should introduce other gambling initiatives, possibly cannibalizing their existing activities in the process. The basic question, of whether it is actually possible for a state to establish an overall gambling strategy, is explored by an analysis of the gambling policies of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The future of gambling in the United States, as states move beyond lotteries to sanctioning casino gambling by private entrepreneurs, concludes this most relevant and provocative book.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Lotteries: History, Controversies, and Current State
The Three Waves of Lottery Activity in the United States
Lotteries and Gambling as a Worldwide Phenomenon
The Triumph of the "Ethics of Tolerance": The Evolution of Lotteries in the Public Policy Process
The Strategic Management of Lotteries
Lottery Games and the Various Strategies for Conducting Lotteries
Lottery Sales and Other Forms of Gambling: Possible Cannibalization and Other Consequences
The Expansion of State-Sponsored Gambling Activities: The Cases of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
The Future of Lotteries and Legalized Gambling
Privatization and Other Strategic Issues Concerning the Regulation of Gambling
Concluding Remarks on Lotteries and Gambling
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 94-15884

LCC Class: HV6715

Dewey Class: 336.1


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