A taxonomy of gambling and casino games via social media and online technologies

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 196-213

  Gainsbury, Sally M ^a   Hing, Nerilee ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^b   King, Daniel L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

casino; definition; framework; Internet gambling; online gaming; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903630939     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2014.890634     Document Type: Article

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