An exploratory study of gambling motivations and their impact on the purchase frequencies of various gambling products

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 815-827

  Lam, Desmond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 34548191222     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20185     Document Type: Article

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