"You could become a millionaire": Truth, deception, and imagination in gambling advertising

Global Gambling: Cultural Perspectives on Gambling Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-194

  Binde, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84875351027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203870396     Document Type: Chapter

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