Belief in Luck or in Skill: Which Locks People into Gambling?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-391

  Zhou, Kun ^a,b   Tang, Hui ^a,b   Sun, Yue ^c   Huang, Gui Hai ^d   Rao, Li Lin ^a,b   Liang, Zhu Yuan ^a   Li, Shu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^d MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

Author keywords

Belief in luck; Belief in skill; Domain specific; Gambling frequency; Type of gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866081259     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9263-z     Document Type: Article

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