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.
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