The ongoing effects of deregulation on betting shop customer profile and behaviour

Managing Leisure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-184

  Neal, Mark ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009628564     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136067199375832     Document Type: Article

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