Gambling in Victoria: Changes in Participation, Problem Gambling and Gambling Environment Between 2008 and 2018-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Gambling in Victoria: Changes in Participation, Problem Gambling and Gambling Environment Between 2008 and 2018

Published:2024-02-05 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1573-3602
Container-title:Journal of Gambling Studies
language:en
Short-container-title:J Gambl Stud

Author:

Stone Christine Anne^ORCID,Yeung Kristal,Shaw Lindsay,Billi Rosa

Abstract

AbstractGambling and its impacts are an important public health issue. The relationship between gambling, problem gambling and gambling harm is complex and dynamic. Replicate prevalence studies are useful for surveillance and monitoring gambling impacts within jurisdictions. The purpose of this study was to compare changes in gambling and problem gambling in the Victorian adult population between 2008 and 2018 by investigating individual gambling activities and exploring their relationship with the Victorian gambling ecosystem. Gambling participation has decreased; problem gambling prevalence has not. Investigation beyond these summary measures reveals important details: (a) Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs), casino table games, race and sports betting (‘high-risk activities’), informal private betting, and Keno, and their associations with problem gambling endure. Further, the strength of this association is unaffected by changes in product technology, delivery, or the Victorian environment in which they reside, (b) participation in high-risk activities, excluding EGMs, increased while for other activities they decreased, (c) EGMs continue to pose the greatest risk for Victorians, (d) males and young adults continue having a higher problem gambling prevalence rate and preferring both online gambling and high-risk activities (excluding racing favoured by an ageing, older cohort, and Keno, by all ages), and (e) gambling access and exposure proliferated enabling single site multiple gambling opportunities on high-risk activities. Young adults represented a new vulnerable group as they reach the legal gambling age. The most effective interventions (based on major falls in real expenditure (losses) on EGMs, the highest risk activity) were the smoking bans, removal of ATMs from venues and decreases in bet size. There is great potential for prevention, intervention, and minimising harm in the gambling environment.

Funder

Responsible Gambling Foundation, Victoria, Australia

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10899-024-10282-x.pdf

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