Gambling by Ontario casino employees: Gambling behaviours, problem gambling and impacts of the employment

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-22

  Guttentag, Daniel ^a   Harrigan, Kevin ^a   Smith, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

casino employment; gambling industry; problem gambling; responsible gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859646142     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2011.605069     Document Type: Article

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