H. Roy Kaplan, in The
Annals of the American Academy of Politi-
cal and Social Science (July 1984), Sage
Publications, 275 South Beverly Dr., Bev-
erly Hills, Calif. 90212.
State governments are gambling that lotteries will provide a painless way to increase revenues. But to H. Roy Kaplan, a sociologist at the Florida Institute of Technology, lotteries are a poor substitute for "de- pendable, equitable, and responsible methods of revenue generation."
Using games of chance to finance...