"It could be us!": Cognitive and social psychological factors in UK national lottery play

Applied Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 181-199

  Rogers, Paul ^b   Webley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039782184     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00053     Document Type: Article

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