01431nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001100173082001400184100003300198245010800231260005800339300002300397520034700420588009400767504005100861650001500912650002100927650004000948776003300988856009101021999001701112EDZ0000077276StDuBDS20150804193936.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110510s2011    nyu    fo|    001 0 eng d  a9780199895120 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aHG611104a320.62221 aStone, Peter,d1971 Oct. 14-14aThe luck of the drawh[electronic resource] :bthe role of lotteries in decision making /cPeter Stone.  aNew York ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource.8 aA 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.  aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aLotteries. 0aDecision making. 0aPolitical sciencexDecision making.08iPrint versionz9780199756100403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756100.001.0001  c37688d37688