'Place your bets!' on gambling, government and society

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-106

  Seelig, Michael Y ^b   Seelig, Julie H ^a  

^a Seelig Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INSTITUTION; GAMBLING ACTIVITY; GAMBLING TRENDS; LEISURE ACTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR ROLE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031754427     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3551731     Document Type: Article

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