Decreases in a slot machine's coefficient of variation lead to increases in customer play time

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-133

  Lucas, Anthony F ^a   Singh, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino management; Slot machine volatility; Time on device

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449147374     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965508315368     Document Type: Article

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