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The Decline and Fall of UK Lotto

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  • Ian Walker
  • Rhys Wheeler

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UK lotto sales have fallen by 60% from its heyday in 1996 (just two years after the introduction of the game) when weekly sales were close to £100m, to £40m per week in nominal terms by 2013 (and, with inflation averaging 2.9%, the real fall in sales revenue was approximately 75%). The aim of this paper is to estimate the demand for lotto - so as to understand the fall in lotto sales revenue, and to evaluate attempts since 2013 to arrest the fall.

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  • Ian Walker & Rhys Wheeler, 2018. "The Decline and Fall of UK Lotto," Working Papers 247054751, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
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    Keywords

    gambling; lotto; problem gambling; mediation; well-being;
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    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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