Elasticity of Demand for UK National Lottery Tickets

Electronic Lottery Tickets as Micropayments

We present a new micropayment scheme based on the use of “electronic lottery tickets.” This scheme is exceptionally efficient since the bank handles only winning tickets, instead of handling each micro-

The Distribution of Spaces on Lottery Tickets

Why Are People Reluctant to Exchange Lottery Tickets?

Students were given lottery tickets and then were asked to exchange their ticket for another one, plus a small monetary incentive. Less than 50% agreed. In contrast, when given pens, and the same exchange offer, over 90% agreed. Experimental control rules out that the reluctance to exchange lottery tickets results (a) from overestimation of the winning probability of one's own ticket; (b) from ...

Tickets and Currencies Revisited: Extensions to Multi-Resource Lottery Scheduling

Lottery scheduling’s ticket and currency abstractions provide a resource management framework that allows for both flexible allocation and insulation between groups of processes. We propose extensions to this framework that enable greater flexibility while preserving the ability to isolate groups of processes. In particular, we present a mechanism that allows processes to modify their own resou...

Tickets and Currencies Revisited: Extensions to Multi-Resouce Lottery Scheduling

Lottery scheduling’s ticket and currency abstractions provide a resource management framework that allows for both flexible allocation and insulation between groups of processes. We propose extensions to this framework that enable greater flexibility while preserving the ability to isolate groups of processes. In particular, we present a mechanism that allows processes to modify their own resou...