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We report on an ongoing survey of attitudes toward gambling in the two main cities of Cameroon, Douala and Yaounde. From the data it appears that lottery playing in Cameroon is an answer to the economic crisis that has plagued the country for some years. The results are similar to the ones obtained in previous Canadian, American and other studies in various countries.
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We thank Alain Njoh Soppo and Martin Tiako, students at the business school of the University of Douala (ESSEC) who collected the data for their Mémoire de fin d'études. We also thank our research assistant, Alain Tremblay, for his help and CIDA, ESSEC and Loto-Québec for their financial help. All remaining errors are solely our own.
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Brenner, G.A., Lipeb, M. & Bikanda, P. The lottery player in Cameroon: An exploratory study. J Gambling Stud 9, 185–190 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014867
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014867