The demand for lotto: The role of conscious selection

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-241

  Farrell, Lisa ^a   Hartley, Roger ^b   Lanot, Gauthier ^b   Walker, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lottery; Lotto; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034396099     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2000.10524865     Document Type: Article

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