Government-sponsored lotteries have been criticized for disproportionately generating
revenues from lower-income consumers. Prior academic research on this aspect of …

An understanding of random events and probabilistic outcomes is integral to buyer decision
making for many products, such as insurance policies, service contracts, casino games …

The nature of revenue generation for state‐sponsored lotteries has been an issue of public
debate for quite some time. Although most studies have found lotteries to have a regressive …

This research explores the interaction of motivation and ability to explain individuals' level of
participation in state‐sponsored lotteries. The motivation–ability framework is considered …

Although the consumption of government‐sponsored lotteries has grown considerably over
the past 30 years, few researchers have considered the psychological motivations …

Is it unethical to advertise lotteries? Many citizens think that states should not be actively
promoting and encouraging the public to spend hard-earned dollars on a bet that they are …

Although disclosure of odds information is ubiquitous in the marketplace, no public policy
initiatives have been implemented regarding the manner in which odds information should …

With little exception, research has shown that state‐sponsored lotteries are regressive in the
aggregate, in that lottery sales do not increase proportionately with area income. We test …

Since the first modern state-sponsored lottery was instituted in New Hampshire in 1964,
lotteries have proliferated to 42 states and the District of Colombia. With little exception …

Notice of Retraction<BR>Research review on the purchase psychologies and behaviors of the
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