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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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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).

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• Fact sheet 6: Pre-commitment

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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 11: Perceptions of gambling-harm

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — November 2015

  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 18: Highest spend gambling activities

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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 17: Table games

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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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• Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014

  Sarah Hare - Schottler consulting

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation — November 2015

  Findings from the first prevalence study in Victoria since 2008. The Victorian prevalence study examines participation in gambling by product, frequency and risk groups. It provides demographic and risk group profiles crossed with product use and frequency.
  

  • comorbidity
  • stigma
  • treatment

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• EGM environments that contribute to excess consumption and harm

  Rockloff, M, Thorne, H, Goodwin, B, Moskovsky, N, Langham, E, Browne, M, Donaldson, P, Li, E & Rose, J

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — November 2015

  This research investigated consumers' perspectives on the use of online and venue-based electronic gaming machines (EGMs)

  • pokies

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• Supporting people with gambling problems to seek help and recover: guidelines for the public

  Bond, K., Jorm, A., Miller, H., Rodda, S., Reavley, N., Kelly, C., Kitchener, B

  Mental Health First Aid Australia — October 2015

  This report describes first aid guidelines developed for the public to use in supporting members of the public who are experiencing gambling related harm. These guidelines will be a valuable resource for gambling service providers, community educators and the public.

  • community
  • treatment

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• Support for family and friends

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2015

  When someone close to you has a gambling problem it can be overwhelming and isolating. It can affect your trust, confidence and finances. Whether you’re a friend, partner, parent or child, find out how we can help you.

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• Annual report 2014–2015

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2015

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• Psychological treatments for problem gambling (PROGRESS) study

  Thomas, S., Jackson, A., Browning, C., Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., Enticott, J., Anderson, C., Godbee, K., Adamopoulos, V., Stephanie Merkouris, S.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — September 2015

  A randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of four psychological treatments for problem gambling:

  • cognitive behaviour therapy
  • motivational interviewing
  • behaviour therapy
  • client-centred therapy

  • treatment

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• The stigma of problem gambling: Causes, characteristics and consequences

  Hing, N, Russell, A, Nuske, E & Gainsbury, S

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — September 2015

  The foundation commissioned this research to determine the nature of problem gambling stigma, including perceptions of its intensity, how it is created and maintained, and who it affects and how.

  • stigma

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