Lottery Play

Short Description: This SOEP-IS module measures lottery play (expenditure, frequency, individual vs. social play) plus three possible explanatory variables: A “daydreaming”-scale, measuring individual tendencies to indulge in fantasies about positive future states; an “alienation”-scale, measuring senselessness and dissatisfaction with daily (work) routines, and a “work-ethic”-scale, measuring attitudes toward work and effort.

Methodological Details: Twelve self-report items in total. Examples include “How much money did you spend on lottery tickets within the last month?”, “I often dream how it would be like to win a large amount of money in the lottery.” and “I think my daily job is much more interesting than those of others.”

Available Papers:

Lutter, Mark, Daria Tisch, and Jens Beckert. 2018. Social Explanations of Lottery Play: New Evidence Based on National Survey Data. Journal of Gambling Studies 34 (4), 1185–1203. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-9748-0)

Find the proposal for the module here

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne [E-Mail], Mark Lutter, University of Wuppertal [E-Mail]	2014	~5900	inno	tag6, tag4, lot3, lot4, tag7, tag5, tag8, tag2, im_lot, lot2, tag1, tag3, lot1	04/2017	Sociology	Survey items