Table 1

Summary Statistics Lottery Data

CovariateLosers (N=259)Winners (N=237)t-statnor-diff
Mean(Standard Deviation)Mean(Standard Deviation)
Year won    6.38    (1.04)    6.06    (1.29)−3.0−0.27
Number of tickets    2.19    (1.77)    4.57    (3.28)    9.9  0.90
Age53.2(12.9)47.0(13.8)−5.2−0.47
Male    0.67    (0.47)    0.58    (0.49)−2.1−0.19
Education14.4    (2.0)13.0    (2.2)−7.8−0.70
Working then    0.77    (0.42)    0.80    (0.40)    0.9  0.08
Earn year–615.6(14.5)12.0(11.8)−3.1−0.27
Earn year–516.0(15.0)12.1(12.0)−3.2−0.28
Earn year–416.2(15.4)12.0(12.1)−3.4−0.30
Earn year–316.6(16.3)12.8(12.7)−2.9−0.26
Earn year–217.6(16.9)13.5(13.0)−3.1−0.27
Earn year–118.0(17.2)14.5(13.6)−2.5−0.23
Pos earn year–6    0.69    (0.46)    0.70    (0.46)    0.3  0.03
Pos earn year–5    0.68    (0.47)    0.74    (0.44)    1.6  0.14
Pos earn year–4    0.69    (0.46)    0.73    (0.44)    1.1  0.10
Pos earn year–3    0.68    (0.47)    0.73    (0.44)    1.4  0.13
Pos earn year–2    0.68    (0.47)    0.74    (0.44)    1.6  0.15
Pos earn year–1    0.69    (0.46)    0.74    (0.44)    1.2  0.10