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This digital document is an article from Journal of Leisure Research, published by National Recreation and Park Association on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 5623 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the author: The motivations for gambling of recreational and pathological student gamblers were described and compared with their motivations for other leisure activities. Students (n = 996) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas completed self-report questionnaires including the South Oaks Gambling Screen and the Recreation Experience Preference scales. Despite statistical differences, pathological gamblers and recreational gamblers shared seven of the top ten ranked motives for gambling.Citation DetailsTitle: Gambling in the context of other recreation activity: a quantitative comparison of casual and pathological student gamblers.Author: Laurie PlatzPublication: Journal of Leisure Research (Refereed)Date: September 22, 2001Publisher: National Recreation and Park AssociationVolume: 33 Issue: 4 Page: 383(13)Distributed by Thomson Gale