This study reveals more Australians are being harmed by gambling amid rising participation. Any policy seeking to address gambling harm must consider links between riskier gambling and mental health, financial stress and intimate partner violence. Future policy should be underpinned by and evaluated from a routine national gambling prevalence study.

The study adopted a public health approach, examining tangible and intangible costs associated with gambling problems in all gambling forms in Victoria. The study sought to quantify the cost of gambling harm to Victoria in financial terms. The total cost of gambling to Victoria in 2022-23 was estimated to be $14.1 billion.

A summary of results of a consumer survey with adults who regularly gamble on poker machines that assesses their risk of gambling-related harm. The research can inform policies that aim to reduce gambling harm by limiting time, spending and access to poker machines.

Gambling is a critical but ignored cost-of-living pressure for families. This report examines what has happened to expenditure on gambling during Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. It finds that gambling losses are a bigger drain on household budgets than the cost of electricity and gas. It calls for all 31 recommendations of the parliamentary report into online...

The Bill aims to reduce the negative impacts of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) through the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment and carded play, as well as slowing minimum spin rates to at least 3 seconds in order to address both player losses and potential money laundering activity. This brief details the events leading up to these...