Gaming in the New Market Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Matti Viren

   Pages 1-22

3. When Welfare Economics and Gambling Studies Collide

   • Lisa Farrell

   Pages 23-53

4. Demand Issues in the Market for Lotto and Similar Games

   • David Forrest

   Pages 54-74

5. Lottery Design Lessons from the Dismal Science

   • Ian Walker

   Pages 75-98

6. Lotteries as a Source of Revenue

   • Sarah Smith

   Pages 99-125

7. Problem Gambling and European Lotteries

   • Mark Griffiths

   Pages 126-159

8. The Economics of Scale and Scope in the Lottery Industry

   • Matti Viren

   Pages 160-183

9. The Political Economy of Regulating Gambling

   • Martin Paldam

   Pages 184-208

10. Back Matter

    Pages 209-224

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Gaming markets are evolving rapidly. Spearheading this change is the internet, which has enabled cross-border gambling on an unprecedented scale. This book explores the changing landscape of the gaming market and is a crucial companion for all looking for informed discussion on the future of gaming.

• economics
• economy
• environment
• political economy
• welfare
• welfare economics

• Department of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

  Matti Viren

LISA FARRELL School of Economics and Geary Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland DAVID FORREST Centre for the Study of Gambling, University of Salford, UK MARK GRIFFITHS International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK MARTIN PALDAM Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark SARAH SMITH Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK IAN WALKER Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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