Cracking the cultural code of gambling

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-497

  LaTour, Kathryn A ^a   Sarrazit, Franck ^b   Hendler, Rom ^c   LaTour, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Synovate Censydiam   (United States)

^c Fisher Clinical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood memory elicitation; Cross cultural studies; Gambling; Las Vegas; Macao

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449779351     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965509345241     Document Type: Article

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