All Bets Are Off: Office Pools Lead To Unhappiness
Monday, June 2, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
Office pools for the NCAA basketball tournament or Oscar contests are fun, right? Not according to the Journal of Consumer Research. A recent study suggests that betting on the outcome actually reduces people's enjoyment of the events.
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