Paper #825

Title:

The illusion of control, the structures of prizes and the demand for football pools in Spain

Authors:

Jaume Garcia Villar and Plácido Rodríguez

Date:

April 2005

Abstract:

Using data for all the fixtures for the seasons from 1972-73 to 2002-03, we estimate a dynamic model of demand for football pools in Spain paying attention to whether their main economic explanatory variable is the effective price of a ticket or the jackpot. Additionally, we evaluate the importance of the composition of the list of games in terms of whether First Division matches are included or not. Results show that the jackpot model is preferred to the effective price model, having important implications in terms of how the structure of the game should be changed in order to increase demand.

Keywords:

Lottery, football pools, effective price, jackpot

JEL codes:

D12, D80, L83

Area of Research:

Labour, Public, Development and Health Economics / Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods

Published in:

Journal of Sports Economics, 2007, volume 8, number 4, p. 335-354
With the title:
The Demand for Football Pools in Spain. The Role of Price, Prizes and the Composition of the Coupon

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