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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

  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 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 4: Profile of moderate-risk gamblers

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

  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 5: Profile of low-risk gamblers

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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 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 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 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 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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• 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 14: Sports betting

  Study of gambling and health in Victoria: findings from the Victorian Prevalence Study 2014 — 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 13: Gambling and health

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

  Around 29.20 per cent of gamblers reported consuming alcohol while they gambled.

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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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• 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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• Annual report 2014–2015

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2015

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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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• Developing and validating a scale to measure the enacted and felt stigma of gambling

  Dr Phillip Donaldson, Dr Talitha Best, Ms Erika Langham, Mr Matthew Browne and Ms Anthea Oorloff

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — September 2015

  This study investigated the stigma associated with gambling in the context of both internally experienced and externalised (perceived) stigma.

  • stigma

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