Mountains and molehills: A spatiotemporal analysis of poker machine expenditure in the Northern Territory of Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-269

  Young, Martin ^a   Lamb, David ^a   Doran, Bruce ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic gaming machines; Gambling; Kernel density analysis; Northern Territory; Spatial distribution; Venues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960204470     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180903127721     Document Type: Article

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