& ]5 {- U$ [% f4 O9 J# g" f0 E原文摘要: : ~0 j# s. V: A7 F3 _( M; dSTUDY OF SOCIETIES( k# d4 H, G6 g' X& @; I
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Six Winning Numbers – and Who Loses?+ ?. z, H' ~; D& E9 _4 t
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People who play the lottery finance the pro vision of activities in arenas such as amateur sports, art and culture – without profiting themselves. This is because the beneficiaries are overwhelmingly people who do not play the lottery. That is what a recent representative study conducted by Jens Beckert and Mark Lutter from Cologne’s Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies found.5 E" y# W5 ]. j; S% _8 M5 C
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