My ticket, my "self": Lottery ticket number selection and the commodification and extension of the self

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 455-477

  Adams, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0035603441     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170152559119     Document Type: Article

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