Gambling Issues Australia
This edition of Australian Gambling Statistics contains 2017–2018 gambling statistics for all Australian states and territories.
Conclusions Gambling in Australia provides a curious paradox. Highly liberalized State government policies that allow the proliferation of high intensity gambling coexist with extensive policy, regulation and research designed to address the negative impact of gambling on the Australian community. New research out of CQUniversity Australia’s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory (EGRL) has identified a link between loot boxes and real-life gambling problems. More recently, current Brisbane Lions player Allen Christensen opened up about the problem gambling issues that plagued his early career. Ironically, Christensen's club is sponsored by online.
- Gambling Addiction in Australia Australians are facing huge problems as a result of problem gambling. From swindling money to participating in drug crimes, many compulsive gamblers are going to the extreme to fuel their addiction.
- Gambler's Help is a free service for people who are affected by gambling. There are Gambler's Help services available throughout Victoria, which provide: Free, professional, confidential counselling for people for whom gambling is an issue; Counselling for the family and friends of people for whom gambling is an issue.
To see how Victoria compares with the rest of Australia on gambling expenditure, see Gambling in Victoria on the Foundation's website.
This comprehensive set of data covers the entire range of legalised Australian gambling products such as pokies, casino, race betting, sports betting and lotteries. It provides a wide range of gambling data, including total turnover, total expenditure, per adult turnover, per adult expenditure, percentage change in turnover and expenditure each year, market share of each gambling product and government revenue collected from gambling taxes.
Notable findings were:
Gambling Issues Australian
- total gambling expenditure in Australia increased from $23.694 billion in 2016–2017 to $24.887 billion in 2017–2018 (a 5.0 per cent increase)
- per adult gambling expenditure in Australia increased from $1,251.39 to $1,292.25 (a 3.3 per cent increase)
- total electronic gaming machine expenditure in Australia increased from $12.136 billion to $12.520 billion (a 3.2 per cent increase)
- total casino expenditure in Australia increased from $4.790 billion to $5.101 billion (a 6.5 per cent increase)
- total race betting expenditure in Australia increased from $3.313 billion to $3.547 billion (a 7.1 per cent increase)
- total sports betting expenditure in Australia increased from $1.062 billion to $1.235 billion (a 16.3 per cent increase).
Gambling Issues In Australia
For more information, see the 35th edition of the Australian Gambling Statistics on the Queensland Government Statistician's Office website.