Number preferences in lotteries
We explore people's preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that choice is far from uniform, and exhibits some familiar and some new tendencies and biases. Players favor personally meaningful and situationally available numbers, and are a...
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| author | Wang, Tong V. Potter van Loon, Rogjer J.D. van den Assem, Martijn J. van Dolder, Dennie |
| author_facet | Wang, Tong V. Potter van Loon, Rogjer J.D. van den Assem, Martijn J. van Dolder, Dennie |
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| description | We explore people's preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that choice is far from uniform, and exhibits some familiar and some new tendencies and biases. Players favor personally meaningful and situationally available numbers, and are attracted towards numbers in the center of the choice form. Frequent players avoid winning numbers from recent draws, whereas infrequent players chase these. Combinations of numbers are formed with an eye for aesthetics, and players tend to spread their numbers relatively evenly across the possible range. |
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| spelling | nottingham-336762020-05-04T17:49:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33676/ Number preferences in lotteries Wang, Tong V. Potter van Loon, Rogjer J.D. van den Assem, Martijn J. van Dolder, Dennie We explore people's preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that choice is far from uniform, and exhibits some familiar and some new tendencies and biases. Players favor personally meaningful and situationally available numbers, and are attracted towards numbers in the center of the choice form. Frequent players avoid winning numbers from recent draws, whereas infrequent players chase these. Combinations of numbers are formed with an eye for aesthetics, and players tend to spread their numbers relatively evenly across the possible range. European Association for Decision Making 2016-05-31 Article PeerReviewed Wang, Tong V., Potter van Loon, Rogjer J.D., van den Assem, Martijn J. and van Dolder, Dennie (2016) Number preferences in lotteries. Judgment and Decision Making, 11 (3). pp. 243-259. ISSN 1930-2975 Lotteries Gambling Number preference Colour preference Implicit egotism Availability Position effect Law of small numbers Representativeness Gambler’s fallacy Hot-hand fallacy http://journal.sjdm.org/vol11.3.html |
| spellingShingle | Lotteries Gambling Number preference Colour preference Implicit egotism Availability Position effect Law of small numbers Representativeness Gambler’s fallacy Hot-hand fallacy Wang, Tong V. Potter van Loon, Rogjer J.D. van den Assem, Martijn J. van Dolder, Dennie Number preferences in lotteries |
| title | Number preferences in lotteries |
| title_full | Number preferences in lotteries |
| title_fullStr | Number preferences in lotteries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Number preferences in lotteries |
| title_short | Number preferences in lotteries |
| title_sort | number preferences in lotteries |
| topic | Lotteries Gambling Number preference Colour preference Implicit egotism Availability Position effect Law of small numbers Representativeness Gambler’s fallacy Hot-hand fallacy |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33676/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33676/ |