The problem:
Gambling is known to disproportionately burden low-income households: the poor spend a larger share of their income on gambling than do the rich.
The hypothesis:
Government-run gambling functions as a regressive form of taxation.
The research:
We examine provincial governments’ use of gambling revenue to determine the impact of government-run gambling on low-income households.
The solution?
Take a look at our paper, Pressing Its Luck:Â How Ontario lottery and gaming can work for, not against, low income households