Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?

By Alex Russell, Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
Matthew Browne, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, CQUniversity Australia
Matthew Rockloff, Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia

Gambling prevalence studies provide a snapshot of gambling behaviour, problems and harm in our communities. They are typically conducted about every five years.

In some Australian states and territories, four or five have been conducted over the past 20 or so years. These have provided a snapshot into how gambling has changed – and how it has not.

So, how has gambling in Australia changed in the past two decades or so, and where may we be heading?

The intensification of gambling

In 1997-98, the Productivity Commission found

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