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• Gambling harm experienced by children of parents who gamble

  PDF — 1.3 MB — 25 October 2022

  Through surveys and interviews, this study seeks to better understand the harm experienced by children that can be attributed to their parents’ gambling.

• Fact sheet 4: Profile of moderate-risk gamblers

  PDF — 350.9 KB — 11 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).

• Fact sheet 11: Perceptions of gambling-harm

  PDF — 425.7 KB — 11 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.

• Early Career Researcher Grants Round 2018

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

  The Foundation is pleased to announce a new funding round under the Grants for Gambling Research Program, specifically for early career researchers for projects conducted over an 18-month period.

  

• Lessons for the development of initiatives to tackle the stigma associated with problem gambling

  PDF — 1.5 MB — 4 May 2016

  This research examined the effectiveness of anti-stigma initiatives in the areas of mental health, HIV/AIDS and gambling to understand the different appeal strategies used and to inform future anti-stigma initiatives for problem gambling.

• The social cost of gambling to Victoria

  PDF — 3.3 MB — 1 November 2017

  The research aimed to assess the social costs associated with gambling in Victoria in financial terms.

  

• Responsible Service of Gaming training evaluation summary 2017-2018

  PDF — 1.3 MB — 12 March 2020

  Summary of the Responsible Service of Gaming (RSG) training evaluation findings.

• Auditor-General's Office tables report on regulating gambling and liquor in Victoria

  News — 8 February 2017

  The Victorian Auditor-General's Office has tabled a report on the regulation of gambling and liquor in Victoria.

  

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

  PDF — 2.0 MB — 1 September 2015

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

• Gen bet: a plain English summary of research into gambling and young people

  PDF — 420.5 KB — 7 December 2021

  This summary paper discusses how the gambling environment, marketing and the attitudes of family and friends influence the way young people feel and behave when it comes to gambling. It draws on a range of Australian and international research.

• Phoenix joins 600+ Victorian clubs to love the game, not the odds

  News — 2 December 2021

  South East Melbourne Phoenix has joined the Melbourne Boomers and 600+ clubs in a range of sporting codes across Victoria to say no to sports betting sponsorship.

• The Victorian gambling study: technical report - part one

  PDF — 1.5 MB — 1 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.

  

• Fact sheet 2: The seven dimensions of gambling harm

  PDF — 233.0 KB — 11 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.

• The development of empirically derived Australian responsible gambling limits

  PDF — 2.8 MB — 10 August 2018

  The project sought to identify a set of empirically based responsible gambling limits.

• Commission approves additional 40 pokies at Grosvenor Hotel

  News — 21 April 2023

  On 19 April 2023, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission approved (with conditions) an application by GRHO Pty Ltd to increase the number of pokies at the Grosvenor Hotel in Balaclava from 22 to 62.

  

• Be Ahead of the Game: a school education program about gambling and gaming

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

  Drawing on the latest research into gambling, the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation's school education program is a free prevention initiative that supports secondary school communities to help students navigate the new gambling landscape and avoid harm from gambling.

  

• Submission to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee of Parliament Inquiry

  News — 24 July 2023

  Submission to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) of Parliament Inquiry into the Victorian Auditor-General’s reports no. 99: Follow up of Regulating Gambling and Liquor (2019) and no. 213: Reducing the Harm Caused by Gambling (2021).

• Gambling research – not for the faint hearted

  Inside gambling — 12 August 2015

  Associate Professor Samantha Thomas is committed to working in gambling research, in particular, examining how gambling industry tactics influence young people

  

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

  PDF — 6.3 MB — 1 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.

• Complex lives: co-occurring conditions of problem gambling

  PDF — 301.9 KB — 4 April 2014

  This background paper provides a summary of existing evidence about the co-occurrence of problem gambling with other conditions, such as mental illnesses, substance use disorders, other health conditions, family issues and social problems. Understanding the conditions that occur alongside problem gambling can assist in providing services for problem gamblers, even if the specific causal pathways are not well understood.