Problem gambling in poker: Money, rationality and control in a skillbased social game

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-254

  Bjerg, Ole ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control; Game; Money; Poker; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960224139     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2010.520330     Document Type: Article

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