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• The relationship between crime and gaming expenditure in Victoria

  Dr Sarah Wheeler, Professor David K Round and Dr John K Wilson

  University of South Australia — June 2010

  This study explored the relationship between gambling and criminal activity.

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• A study of gambling in Victoria – problem gambling from a public health perspective

  Sarah Hare (Schottler Consulting Pty Ltd)

  Victorian Government Department of Justice — September 2009

  This study is Victoria's first epidemiological study investigating problem gambling and health. Finding from the study are based on a representative sample of 15,000 Victorians who were asked a series of questions in relation to gambling and health.

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• Testing the link between accessibility and gambling problems: gambling and problem gambling amongst gaming venue staff

  Professor Nerilee Hing and Sharon Nisbet

  Department of Justice — July 2009

  The study aimed to test the link between accessibility to gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling by comparing gambling behaviour and prevalence of problem gambling among gaming venue staff and those with high accessibility to gaming venues compared to the general population and those with low accessibility to gaming venues.

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