LISA FARRELL School of Economics and Geary Institute, University College Dublin, IrelandDAVID FORREST Centre for the Study of Gambling, University of Salford, UKMARK GRIFFITHS International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKMARTIN PALDAM Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, DenmarkSARAH SMITH Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UKIAN WALKER Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

• 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