Analysis of casino online gambling data in relation to behavioural risk markers for high-risk gambling and player protection

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-391

  Dragicevic, Simo ^a   Tsogas, George ^b   Kudic, Aleksandar ^a  

^a Bet Buddy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioural analytics; casino games; Internet gambling; problem gambling; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859244684     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2011.629204     Document Type: Article

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