The luck of the draw [electronic resource] : the role of lotteries in decision making / Peter Stone. Stone, Peter, 1971 Oct. 14- Lotteries. Decision making. Political science Decision making. HG6111 320.6 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). A prominent scholar once noted that lotteries in politics & society--to break vote ties, assign students to schools, draft people into the military, select juries--are 'at first thought absurd, & at second thought obvious.' Lotteries have been part of politics since the Greek & Roman times, & they are used widely in American politics today. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756100.001.0001 eng