Defining the online gambler and patterns of behaviour integration: Evidence from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-356

  Wardle, Heather ^a,e   Moody, Alison ^a   Griffiths, Mark ^b   Orford, Jim ^c   Volberg, Rachel ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Gemini Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behaviour; empirical; Internet gambling; prevalence; prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859264112     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2011.628684     Document Type: Article

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