Near wins prolong gambling on a video lottery terminal

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-438

  Côté, Denis ^a   Caron, Anne ^a   Aubert, Jonathan ^a   Desrochers, Véronique ^a   Ladouceur, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling; Near misses; Near wins; Risk factors in gambling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1542679383     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026384011003     Document Type: Article

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