A review of Australian classification practices for commercial video games featuring simulated gambling

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-242

  King, Daniel L ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^b   Griffiths, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; gambling; technology; video games; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863968686     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2012.661444     Document Type: Article

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