The proportion of Ontario gambling revenue derived from problem gamblers

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-387

  Williams, Robert J ^a   Wood, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gambling; Government; OLG; Ontario; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPENDITURE; GAMBLING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EQUIDAE;

EID: 38149094757     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.33.3.367     Document Type: Article

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