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On the Determinants of Persistent Gambling. III. Personality, Prior Mood, and Poker Machine Play

Mark Dickerson Department of Psychology, National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Ross Cunningham Department of Statistics, National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Stephanie Legg England Department of Psychology Australian, National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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John Hinchy Department of Psychology Australian, National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Pages 531-548 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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