Illusory personal control as a determinant of bet size and type in casino craps games

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1224-1242

  Davis, Deborah ^a   Sundahl, Ian ^b   Lesbo, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034195095     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02518.x     Document Type: Article

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