An investigation into the role of situational and structural characteristics of fruit machine playing

In the UK, 47% of all calls to GamCare (a primary source of counselling and advice for problem gamblers in the UK) were from fruit machine or fixed odds betting terminal players (Gamcare, 2005). Despite their popularity, there is a distinct lack of research investigating the psychology of fruit mach...

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Main Author: Parke, Jonathan
Published: Nottingham Trent University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441470