What Price the Lottery?

by KeithTondeur (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  The National Lottery is already the biggest in the world. More than 90 per cent of the adult population of the UK have played it. For most it is no more than an entertaining flutter and a chance to dream. But not for all. This book examines the accounts of those who have won - and lost. Some names appear in both lists, as the unexpected wealth destroys marriages and families. Many, particularly the less well-off, have run up substantial debts. The author asks some difficult questions: should the age limit be raised; should there be more, smaller prizes; will the Government cut funding to projects receiving Lottery grants; will some charities continue to suffer; and is Camelot simply making too much money? The book brings together the facts, the arguments, the winners and the losers. It concludes with ten key proposals for change.