...PESTEL analysis of Szerencsejáték Zrt. 2013 Word counted: 3308 Executive summery The object of this report is to assess the nature and the external environment that a business operates in. Any kind of changes can affect and influence the operation of the business. To examine the environment of the firm we can develop the PESTEL analysis (which stands for political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal environment). This model helps us to understand the environmental factors which can affect the activities of a company. The stability of the government and functioning of the parliament can have great impact on the company. Furthermore, the extent to which the government intervenes to the activities of the companies is crucial for the company. Economic conditions also have a huge role in the business; the company has to take into consideration the domestic economic situation and trends in order to remain successful. As far as the social factors are concerned, we have to examine social changes, trends, different consumer patterns and not last but least, how the costumers react to different goods and services. As technology develops it provides more opportunities for the firm to be more profitable. New innovations may curb the company’s cost or increase the efficiency of production. Environmental surrounding of the company is also a major aspect which includes natural resources climate change or any other impact on the environment. Legal environment relates...
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...industry’s profits come from problem and compulsive gamblers. In terms of casinos, they produce no wealth for anyone other than the owners. They do not produce a good to be manufactured or exchanged. Almost every dollar spent in a casino is utilized by the casino; -- it is sucked out of the community, not spent elsewhere, or put into a savings account. Gambling and casinos are not economic development. We, as a society, must choose to build a future on solid economic foundation, or build a casino economy where we say it does not matter. The social costs of gambling, the externalities, are hard to quantify. Every casino market has had to deal with rising crime, strained infrastructure, increased personal bankruptcies, and the loss of tax revenue from other businesses that cannot compete with the casinos. (O’Brien, T., (1998) Except for murder, every major crime goes up dramatically soon after a casino’s arrival in a community. Rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and...
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...American Finance Association are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of Finance. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 220.225.108.170 on Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:36:00 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE . VOL LXIV NO 4 . AUGUST 2009 Who Gambles in the Stock Market? ALOR KUMAR* ABSTRACT This related study At shows the that aggregate are cor to gamble and investment decisions propensity individual investors stocks with fea lottery prefer increases for lottery-type the demand stocks demand, during socioeconomic In the cross-section, factors that induce greater the level, tures, and like lottery economic downturns expenditure Further, ronments mance stocks similar in lotteries in lottery-type are associated with greater investment stocks in regions with envi investment levels are higher favorable lottery lottery stocks underperform, Because lottery-type gambling-related underperfor is greater investors low-income who excessively among overweight...
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...Lottery has been around for too long and people don't realize how unfair, addicting and effective the game of lottery is. It is a massively popular game with the most widespread form of gambling in the whole world , But it is an excessively bad bet. We do not see the true colors in unfairness of Lottery, It attracts the poor a lot more than the people who are mid-high class. As the Wolf company insists “Instead of taking those most able to pay, state leaders use lotteries to disguise a regressive tax that falls on the middle and even more on the poor”(Wolff).The reason why most poor people do play the lottery the most is that it brings the a mix of it hopes and dreams with desperation. poor people think it as a chance to improve their life...
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...people would associate with long-term care. Personal Care Savings Bonds (PCSBs) go about it in a whole different way. The general idea is to blend a traditional savings bond with the lottery. Combining the practical long-term, safe, savings of a bond with the instant gratification of winning a large cash prize. A very large expenditure of people at the end-stages of life is the cost of their care. These costs often destroy personal savings and drain the assets a person wants to leave to their families all while still costing the government (tax payers) billions of dollars per year. PCSBs would hope to encourage more saving by individuals by introducing a lottery aspect. As with any lottery, a person would buy as many “tickets” as they would like. If their number is chosen, they would win a large cash prize. How PCBSs differ is that the bulk of the money from the ticket would go towards a guaranteed bond. As people buy more and more tickets, the amount in their PCSB account would grow. The administrators would invest the money and add interest to the account over the years. As people continued to buy these tickets, they could see their account balances rise. The money would be available to the individual when they reached certain milestone or eligibility requirements. The lottery aspect of PCSBs would be funded by the returns made on the purchase of the tickets. The example they used...
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...1. What associations does the word “lottery” have for you? Did this effective how you read the story originally? How and why? The word “lottery” to me has only one meaning, to win something of great value and to basically have a good outcome of whatever it is that you win. Winning the lottery has to do with being lucky and having people envious of you. When I read the title of the story I started reading it with the intentions of someone having enough luck to win something of great value, but I started to think that there had to be some kind of con to winning it. I just assumed that “The Lottery” was going to be about good fortune but with an ending that wasn’t what the reader was expecting because it is seldom that I read anything that has to do with all good and no bad. 2. Why does Jackson begin the story with such a glorious description of the town? I think Jackson’s intent was to put the reader at ease, make them think of the most perfect scenario of a town. I believe that she did this just to catch the readers off guard and add some shock to the story. I thought it portrayed the scenario as “a great day to be alive” 3. To what degree has the lottery been kept a tradition in this society? How does it seem almost religious? Use specific examples from the text to discuss how the lottery is religious. The lottery is a tradition in the ways that they prepare for it, and the same box that they use every time and the process of the drawing how the head of the house goes...
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...addressed in the short story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. The author thinks that anyone would race to “jump off that bridge” if his or her community decided it was necessary. The "lottery" is an age-old tradition in the community presented in the story where the whole town must draw from a box and whoever gets the piece of paper with a mark on it gets stoned to death. The lottery is a barbaric custom but no one questions it because everybody goes along with it. The first time reading "The Lottery” heeds a surprise ending. When going back and reading the story a second or third time, all the foreshadowing the author puts into the story is blatant. Jackson uses foreshadowing in The Lottery to warn the reader of the disturbing ending of the story. To start, Jackson foreshadows the stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson by describing the village boys' preparatory actions before the lottery takes place. Jackson lets the reader know that the boys are collecting stones and putting them into piles, saying, "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones... [and] eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square." The boys putting the stones into piles foreshadows that the stones that will be used to throw at the lottery winner. At the end of the story, both the boys and the parents will pick from these piles and throw stones at the lottery winner. The boys’ collecting actions...
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...Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery and Grace Ogot’s The Rain Came <IT>Jaroslav Jan Pelikan once said “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.”<> It means that some of traditions which we follow need to be rethought. In simple language, people can’t evaluate their behaviors themselves; thus, they may blindly keep traditions can be harmful to them. There has been a long conflict between the younger and old generation. Older generations want to keep their traditions without changing; furthermore, they believe in inheriting customs like maintaining their ancestor’s spirits. However, the younger generation thinks that if a tradition is harmful to them or need to be prohibited, don’t have to follow it. <TS>Even though Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery and Grace Ogot’s The Rain Came share noticeable similarities in theme, characters, they have significant differences in setting and atmosphere. TS> The first similarity between Jackson’s The Lottery and Grace Ogot’s The Rain Came is in their themes. <SP>Both these stories have themes of tradition and customs. “The Lottery” tells the story of a tradition practiced by the villagers. No one knows when it started, and no one can guess when it will end. There is a belief inside each story. In the story The Lottery, “lottery in June, corn be...
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...“The lottery,” symbolism is used to hint at the overall theme of the story. In Shirley Jackson's short story “The Lottery,” symbolism is used to hint at the overall theme of the story. The lottery in this particular story is not used for good fortune but instead is used for death and sacrifice. Jackson combines characters, objects, and actions to create the symbolism. There are many characters, both major and minor, that demonstrate symbolism in this story. Jackson uses seemingly normal people from an apparently normal town. The postman is named Mr. Graves, a name that symbolizes death. He holds a leading role as an official in the lottery. Mr. Summers is another character who holds a major role. His name projects thoughts of summer and the season of life. His name is ironic due to the dark ritual and the part he plays in the lottery. Jackson uses various symbols to portray this grim event along with particular elements that hint towards the ending of the story. The story shows the coldness people can have which can be seen in their values and tradition. The black box is a symbol of the past. The color black represents evil or death. The box embodies the past and shows what’s to come. In the story, the villagers were afraid to even follow Mr. Summer’s idea for making a new box because they did not want to upset tradition. While the lottery was taking place, Mr. Adams said to old man Warner, “over in the north village they are talking about giving up the lottery… “Pack...
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...Throughout the story of “The Lottery”, author Shirley Jackson uses an ironic tone. From the reader point of view, a lottery is special grand prize, not a twisted turn of events which involves death. The use of irony prepares the readers for the most dramatic reaction. Shirley Jackson sets the most obvious use of irony from the beginning. From the first impression of the readers, the lottery is a cash prize. As the plot ticking’s, Jackson played on the belief and turned it to the complete opposite. This gives her story a unique twist. Another type of irony was among the characters. From the beginning of the story it was noted that the tradition of the lottery had took place even before the birth of the oldest man of the town, Old Man Warner. Year after year for over seventy-seven years, Old Man Warner has never been chosen for the lottery. Also in the story, Old Man Warner warns the reader something twisted will take place as he states “Pack of crazy fools. Next thing you know they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves”. The reader does not expect a normal citizen to say this, thinking the lottery is positive, before knowing the ending. Leading up to the finale, there was irony between Tessie Hutchinson. Among the whole crowd, Hutchinson had the most cheerful, and calm attitude. Throughout the finale, Hutchinson would say such ironic statements such as “Clean forgot what day it was” knowing it ‘s the day of when the lottery took place. As well as stating jokes such...
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...Exploring Evil in "The Lottery" The Lottery, a short story written by Shirley Jackson, is a tale of disturbing evilness. The setting is a small village on a clear summer day. The village consists of about 300 residents. On June 27th of every year, the members of the community hold a village-wide lottery in which everyone is expected to participate. At first, the reader might think that this is a great idea, not knowing what the “prize” at the conclusion of this lottery is. But as the story progressed, the reader begins to get an odd feeling about the residents. Although they are gathering for a lottery drawing, there is an air of nervousness about the event. From start to finish, there is an overwhelming sense that something terrible is about to happen. This is due to the use of foreshadowing the author uses in the story. In the beginning of the story, Jackson describes the lottery event as an expected tradition that occurs every year on the assigned date. After reading only the opening paragraph, the reader can gather that it is not a "normal" lottery taking place. “In some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours…” This sentence alone should grab the reader’s attention because of the way it is worded. It is not directly saying that something dangerous or evil is going to occur but only hints that this...
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...Conflict of The Lottery Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery”, portrays the old, barbaric practices of culture. The story was truly horrifying and shocked many readers. The piece reflected one of the most horrible practices of human history that traces back to the beginning of mankind. Winning a lottery is usually a great accomplishment, in this story it is completely opposite. The story began with a beautiful setting “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (247). As the story begins to develop the story becomes more and more strange. When Mr. Summers arrives and enters the town square “The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool, and when Mr. Summers said, "Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?" there was a hesitation before two men” (247). Tessie Hutchinson had forgotten that the lottery was being held that day and arrived late and joined her family in the front. The townspeople humouredly welcomed her into the lottery. The lottery had begun and Mr. Summers addressed the crowd "Now, I'll read the names--heads of families first--and the men come up and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn. Everything clear?" (248). The lottery began and the townspeople became nervous, “The people had done it so many times that they only half...
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...“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Kareena Snyder College of Nursing, St. Petersburg, Florida The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson, is a narrative tale of life in one particular small town. The story implies that this is a friendly little town and begins introducing the villagers one by one. The story begins innocently but as it progresses many seemingly useless bits of information introduced in the beginning of the story begin to build the suspense centered on a violent ritual which becomes clear near the end of the story. The ritual held in this small town and other surrounding towns is an annual event that is taken in stride by all the town folk but leaves the reader wondering how such a violent event came to be and how it could continue through the years. Could people actually believe that by sacrificing one of their own that the corn crops would be plentiful the near year? The author, Jackson, takes you to a particular day which annually affects this small town with a population of 300. Initially, the author introduces the villagers one by one and she writes of how the neighbors gather in the town square and begin conversing with one another about various details of their, what appears to be typical, day to day activities. The men talk about crops, the children are still celebrating the summer break from school and the women begin to gossip. Life appears to be what one would expect in a small town as the author describes how the boys in the village begin...
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...rebellion is probable. Struggle with these opposites, and you have a catalyst for war, or perhaps, being fired from a job. Literature represents life, and this theme can be found at the root of many literary works. “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, reflects blind conformity by the villagers with a hint of rebellion. Every June 27th the lottery takes place; the prize for winning is death. The villagers believe sacrificing one of their own will ensure a good harvest. The villagers are so blasé about the lottery it is said “the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner” (339/1). We get our first sense of possible rebellion when Mr. Adams says, “over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery” (342/31) Mrs. Adams adds, some villages have already given it up. Old Man Warner’s retort is, “Pack of crazy fools…Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. First thing you know, we’d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns,” (342/32) summing up the villagers belief in the continued need of this tradition. The lighthearted setting begins to decline as the lottery progresses, but returns to its casual atmosphere at the lotteries climax. Once the stoning of Tessie Hutchinson is to begin, Mr. Summers says, “All right, folks. Let’s finish quickly,” (345/73) reminding us of the villager’s nonchalant, inhumane attitude. In Amy Tan’s, “Two Kinds,” we see...
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...The Lottery Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory Sometimes, there’s more to Lit than meets the eye. The Lottery The lottery is like an 800-pound gorilla of symbols in this story. It's in the title, for Pete's sake. Where do we even begin? Well, let's start with the lottery as a way of upsetting reader expectations. After all, communities across America practice different annual traditions – Easter egg hunts (with origins in early fertility rituals), Christmas tree decorating (check out those patron trees of the Germanic tribes), or July 4th fireworks (well, that one just celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence ...). Anyway, our point is that we're all comfortable with yearly rituals – and it's often not widely known how these celebrations began. See how tradition obscures the history of public ritual? Anyway, back to the lottery. So, we associate lotteries with good things (winning cash prizes!) and annual celebrations also seem pleasant. We talk about this in "What's Up With the Title?" so we'll just say here that, like the blooming, cheerful village itself, there's nothing in the lottery that immediately suggests anything is wrong with this set-up. The lottery is, in fact, operating as an allegory of village life itself: at first, it seems harmless, but then we start to wonder what's going on with all the subdued smiles and piles of stones. So, if the lottery is an allegory of the community, its rules and proceedings must in some way correspond to real-life...
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