'You lucky punters!' a study of gambling in betting shops

Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 581-600

  Neal, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting shops; Gambling; Leisure; Off course betting; Punters; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041171420     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038598032003010     Document Type: Article

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