Reflections on the UK National Lottery

Author: John Haigh
Published: Apr 26, 2006 - From issue: Volume 3 Issue 1 (March 2006)
Doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2006.00149.x

Gambling in Britain has been transformed by the National Lottery. The small pink ticket from the newsagent's electronic outlet offers temptation of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. John Haigh examines a bet that, statistically, not one of our readers will live to win.