Personality and psychographics of three types of gamblers in the United States

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-355

  Carver, Andrew B ^a   McCarty, John A ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

casino games; gambling; internet gambling; lotteries; personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888128167     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2013.819933     Document Type: Article

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