The National Gambling Toll calculates the financial losses of Australia’s addiction to gambling. Between March 2025 and March 2026, Australians lost $36 billion to gambling. On a per person basis, Australians lose more money to gambling than any other country. This paper finds that without comprehensive reform, this toll will only continue to grow.

This paper analysed data on poker machines from each Australian state and territory, comparing it to the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in each area. It finds that poker machines are more likely to be located in areas of Australia in which at least 10% of the population is Indigenous, except Western...

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.

This strategy sets out New Zealand’s approach to funding and coordinating services to prevent and minimise gambling harm. It strengthens alignment with mental health priorities by providing additional funding to improve access to services and treatment, focus on prevention and early intervention, and enable more effective service support.