Sports betting: Can gamblers beat randomness?

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Cantinotti, Michael ^a   Ladouceur, Robert ^a   Jacques, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; SKILL; SPORT;

ADULT; COGNITION; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS;

EID: 3042548086     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.18.2.143     Document Type: Article

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