Gaming in the New Market Environment

by M. Virén

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349352708
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction; M.Viren When Welfare Economics and Gambling Studies Collide; L.Farrell Demand Issues in the Market for Lotto and Similar Games; D.Forrest Lottery Design Lessons from the Dismal Science; I.Walker Lotteries as a Source of Revenue; S.Smith Problem Gambling and European Lotteries; M.Griffiths The Economics of Scale and Scope in the Lottery Industry; M.Viren The Political Economy of Regulating Gambling: Illustrated with the Danish Case; M.Paldam