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• Fact sheet 2: The seven dimensions of gambling harm

  April 2016

  To measure gambling harm, the researchers focused on its outcomes and manifestations. They identified seven dimensions of harm experienced by people who gamble and those close to them.

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• Assessing gambling-related harm in Victoria: a public health perspective

  Browne, M, Langham, E, Rawat, V, Greer, N, Li, E, Rose, J, Rockloff, M, Donaldson, P, Thorne, H, Goodwin, B, Bryden, G & Best, T

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2016

  The aim of this project was to systematically investigate gambling-related harm in Victoria and assess the aggregate 'burden of harm' with reference to different levels of problem gambling, and other comparable conditions. 

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• The Victorian gambling study: technical report - part three

  February 2016

  A series of secondary analyses were undertaken from The Victorian Gambling Study- A longitudinal study of gambling and health 2008-2012 (The Victorian Gambling Study). This paper is the third of a series of technical reports. The focus of this paper is on the interplay between social determinants, trauma and life events, social capital, and the level of gambling problems (PGSI score) in gamblers. Non-gamblers were excluded from the analysis. The purpose was to investigate a range of possible determinants (for example – trauma in life and upbringing, stressful life events, social capital and sociodemographics) to indicate which showed the strongest association with levels of gambling problems.

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• The Victorian gambling study: technical report - part one

  January 2016

  A series of secondary analyses were undertaken from The Victorian Gambling Study- A longitudinal study of gambling and health 2008-2012 (The Victorian Gambling Study). This paper is the first of a series of technical reports.

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• The Victorian gambling study: technical report - part two

  January 2016

  A series of secondary analyses were undertaken from The Victorian Gambling Study- A longitudinal study of gambling and health 2008-2012 (The Victorian Gambling Study). This paper is the second of a series of technical reports. The focus of this paper is to explore the relationship between the PGSI score and the social determinants and comorbidities in gamblers.

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• Journeys through gambling: pathways to informal recovery

  Vasiliadis, S & Thomas, A

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — January 2016

  This study examines temporal benchmarks in informal gambling recovery pathways, looking at the broader context of the experience for individuals, and at the experiences of young adults.

  • treatment
  • young people

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• The Victorian gambling study: technical report - part four

  January 2016

  A series of secondary analyses were undertaken from The Victorian Gambling Study- A longitudinal study of gambling and health 2008-2012 (The Victorian Gambling Study). This paper is the fourth of a series of technical reports. The focus of this paper is on the interplay between social determinants, co-morbidities and the level of gambling problems (PGSI score) in gamblers. Non-gamblers were excluded from the analysis. The purpose was to investigate a range of possible determinants (for example - physical, mental health conditions, smoking, alcohol, socio-demographics) to indicate which showed the strongest association with levels of gambling problems.

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• Response to AANA wagering advertising code

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2015

  The Foundation has responded to the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) discussion paper on the development of a Wagering Advertising and Marketing Communication code. The proposed code would provide a robust self-regulation framework for advertising and marketing communication for licensed providers of wagering services. 

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• Submission to the Review of Illegal Offshore Wagering

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — November 2015

  The federal government has undertaken a review of illegal offshore wagering to investigate methods to strengthen enforcement of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth). The Foundation made a submission to the inquiry on 16 November 2015.

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• Fact sheet 1: Study of gambling and health in Victoria Gambling problems in Victoria

  November 2015

  The Victorian prevalence study 2014 is a telephone survey of 13,554 Victorian adults who were selected randomly from the general population. There were 12,551 surveys using landlines and 1003 using mobile telephones. The study aimed to explore gambling and problem gambling in the Victorian population.

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• Fact sheet 5: Profile of low-risk gamblers

  November 2015

  The top gambling activities of low-risk gamblers* were: lotto, Powerball and the pools (68.9 per cent), buying tickets in raffles, sweeps and other competitions (57.81 per cent), race betting (43.48 per cent), and gaming machines (42.43 per cent).

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• Fact sheet 14: Sports betting

  November 2015

  Of the Victorian adults surveyed, 4.82 per cent reported betting on sports in the previous 12 months. This excludes bets on fantasy sports and novelty events. When sports and event betting results for 2014 were combined, as they were in 2008, they highlighted a significant increase in sports and event betting participation.

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• Fact sheet 6: Pre-commitment

  November 2015

  Pre-commitment is a system that allows gamblers to set time or money limits and to track their play. Gaming machine players were asked whether they would use pre-commitment if it were available on the day of the survey telephone call.

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• Fact sheet 15: Race betting

  November 2015

  About one fifth (20.63 per cent) of Victorian adults reported betting on races in the previous 12 months. This included any bets at the Melbourne Cup and Spring Racing Carnival, and on TAB Trackside virtual racing, but excluded sweeps.

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• Fact sheet 17: Table games

  November 2015

  An estimated 5.05 per cent of Victorian adults reported betting on table games in the previous 12 months. This included games like blackjack, roulette and poker. There was no statistically significant change in adult participation in table games since 2008.

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• Fact sheet 16: Gaming machines

  November 2015

  Of the Victorian adults surveyed, 16.74 per cent spent money on gaming machines in the past 12 months. This shows a significant decline in gaming machine participation from 2008, when it was 21.46 per cent.*

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• Fact sheet 8: Participation in gambling

  November 2015

  People surveyed were asked whether they had spent any money on a range of gambling activities in the past 12 months.

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• Fact sheet 18: Highest spend gambling activities

  November 2015

  People who had gambled in the past 12 months were asked to identify the activity on which they had spent the most money during that time. This was termed the highest spend gambling activity. 

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• Fact sheet 19: Gambling frequency

  November 2015

  Participation in gaming machines was higher than table games, race betting and sports betting across all gambling risk groups. People at a higher risk of gambling harm participated more often in gaming machines, table games, race betting and sports betting than people at a lower risk of gambling harm. These patterns are indicative only due to the small samples of moderate-risk* and problem gamblers in the study. 

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• Fact sheet 7: Online gambling

  November 2015

  People surveyed were asked whether they conducted their different types of gambling online.

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