On Ireland's national lottery

Desmond Norton

No 19913PP, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: Ireland's state lottery, established in 1987 and modelled on revenue-raising counterparts in operation in North America since the 1960s, has recently attracted interest in the UK. Although the Irish lottery agent is secretive in important respects, there is enough evidence to show, as in North America, that among socio-economic groups, educational attainment is probably the best predictor of lottery participation, and that the implicit tax in the lottery is quite regressive. The cost/sales ratio of the Irish lottery is inordinately high. Due to discriminatory, yet very loose, legislation, which advocates of such a scheme for the UK might usefully study, the objectives of the Irish state lottery agent are unclear.

Keywords: Lotteries--Social aspects--Ireland; Lotteries--Economic aspects--Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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