Publications
Publications
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Response to AANA wagering advertising code
Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2015
Download "Response to AANA wagering advertising code" (PDF — 401.5 KB)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
Download "Submission to the Review of Illegal Offshore Wagering" (PDF — 784.0 KB)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 13: Gambling and health
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 13: Gambling and health" | Download "Fact sheet 13: Gambling and health" (PDF — 328.9 KB)Around 29.20 per cent of gamblers reported consuming alcohol while they gambled.
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Fact sheet 2: Categories for risk of gambling harm
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 2: Categories for risk of gambling harm" | Download "Fact sheet 2: Categories for risk of gambling harm" (PDF — 310.7 KB)The researchers used a questionnaire, or screen, called the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) to categorise study participants by the degree of gambling harm they are likely to be experiencing.
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Fact sheet 4: Profile of moderate-risk gamblers
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 4: Profile of moderate-risk gamblers" | Download "Fact sheet 4: Profile of moderate-risk gamblers" (PDF — 350.9 KB)The top three gambling activities of moderate-risk gamblers* were: lotto, Powerball and the pools (80.61 per cent), gaming machines (58.54 per cent), and buying tickets in raffles, sweeps and other competitions (53.04 per cent).
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Fact sheet 11: Perceptions of gambling-harm
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 11: Perceptions of gambling-harm" | Download "Fact sheet 11: Perceptions of gambling-harm" (PDF — 425.7 KB)The researchers used a questionnaire, or screen, called the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) to measure the severity of gambling harm in the Victorian adult population.
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Fact sheet 9: Help-seeking
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 9: Help-seeking" | Download "Fact sheet 9: Help-seeking" (PDF — 279.1 KB)The study found that 6.56 per cent of moderate-risk gamblers** and 44.19 per cent of problem gamblers reported ever seeking informal or formal help for a gambling problem.
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Fact sheet 18: Highest spend gambling activities
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 18: Highest spend gambling activities" | Download "Fact sheet 18: Highest spend gambling activities" (PDF — 482.1 KB)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 17: Table games
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 17: Table games" | Download "Fact sheet 17: Table games" (PDF — 264.4 KB)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
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 16: Gaming machines" | Download "Fact sheet 16: Gaming machines" (PDF — 287.0 KB)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 14: Sports betting
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 14: Sports betting" | Download "Fact sheet 14: Sports betting" (PDF — 301.6 KB)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 5: Profile of low-risk gamblers
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 5: Profile of low-risk gamblers" | Download "Fact sheet 5: Profile of low-risk gamblers" (PDF — 347.2 KB)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 1: Study of gambling and health in Victoria Gambling problems in Victoria
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 1: Study of gambling and health in Victoria Gambling problems in Victoria" | Download "Fact sheet 1: Study of gambling and health in Victoria Gambling problems in Victoria" (PDF — 234.5 KB)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 8: Participation in gambling
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 8: Participation in gambling" | Download "Fact sheet 8: Participation in gambling" (PDF — 426.7 KB)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 7: Online gambling
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 7: Online gambling" | Download "Fact sheet 7: Online gambling" (PDF — 310.8 KB)People surveyed were asked whether they conducted their different types of gambling online.
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Fact sheet 3: Profile of problem gamblers
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 3: Profile of problem gamblers" | Download "Fact sheet 3: Profile of problem gamblers" (PDF — 347.7 KB)The top three gambling activities of problem gamblers* were: lotto, Powerball and the pools (67.41 per cent), gaming machines (66.58 per cent), and race betting (52.5 per cent).
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Fact sheet 19: Gambling frequency
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 19: Gambling frequency" | Download "Fact sheet 19: Gambling frequency" (PDF — 410.5 KB)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 15: Race betting
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 15: Race betting" | Download "Fact sheet 15: Race betting" (PDF — 221.1 KB)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 10: Gambling and minority groups
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 10: Gambling and minority groups" | Download "Fact sheet 10: Gambling and minority groups" (PDF — 319.8 KB)Aboriginal Victorians make up about one per cent of the state’s population. In the past 12 months, a higher proportion of Victoria’s Aboriginal population (76.34 per cent) gambled compared to the non-Aboriginal population (70.06 per cent). Also, higher proportion of the Aboriginal population (8.71 per cent) developed a gambling problem compared to the non-Aboriginal population (0.72 per cent).
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Fact sheet 12: Gambling and gender
Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015
View details for "Fact sheet 12: Gambling and gender" | Download "Fact sheet 12: Gambling and gender" (PDF — 238.8 KB)The top three gambling activities were the same for males and females. They were: Lotto, Powerball and the Pools (males 46.31 per cent, females 47.47 per cent), raffles, sweeps and other competitions (males 35.40 per cent, females 47.54 per cent), and race betting (males 21.11 per cent, females 20.17 per cent).