The lottery ticket variable discussed in this chapter (Hardoon et al., 2001) examined the ticket preferences of non−problem gamblers. One of the purposes of this study was to compare the preferences of non−problem gamblers and problem gamblers (people experiencing personal, professional, financial, or legal problems as a result of their gambling). The lottery ticket choices for the 24 problem gamblers in this study are listed below:

a. Construct a frequency distribution table of these lottery ticket choices.

b. Construct an appropriate figure for these data.

c. Looking at your table and figure, how would you summarize the lottery ticket choices of the problem gamblers?

d. Compare the percentages in this table with the table for the non−problem gamblers (Table 2.4). In what ways are the lottery ticket choices of the two groups similar and in what ways are they different?

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Problem Gambler Ticket Choice Problem Gambler Ticket Choice Problem Gambler Ticket Choice 1 Pattern 9 Sequence 17 Pattern 2 Random 10 Random 18 Nonequilibrated 3 Nonequilibrated 11 Random 19 Random 4 Pattern 12 Pattern 20 Random 5 Random 13 Nonequilibrated 21 21 Nonequilibrated 6 Random 14 Random 22 Pattern 7 Nonequilibrated 15 Random 23 Random 8 Random 16 Sequence 24 Pattern