This edition of Australian Gambling Statistics contains 2017–2018 gambling statistics for all Australian states and territories.

• Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Compared
• Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Today
• Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Fires

To see how Victoria compares with the rest of Australia on gambling expenditure, see Gambling in Victoria on the Foundation's website.

The Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria says there is an urgent need to tackle gambling problems in Australia. The call was made at a gambling harm forum in Melbourne on Thursday, which. This research found that in 2014-15, the cost of problem gambling in Australia totalled $7 billion: $2.2 billion – family and relationship problems $1.6 billion – emotional and psychological issues, including distress, depression, suicide and violence. The Tragedy of Addiction in Australia. Addiction in Australia is one of the country’s greatest problems. Millions of Australians and their families are currently struggling with a range of substance use disorders, the majority of which go untreated.

Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Compared

News, Research, Research Articles A new study by researchers at Phoenix Australia has found that gambling is a significant and unrecognised problem among Australia’s military personnel. In total Australians lost $23.7 billion on all forms of gambling in 2016-17 — pokies, lotteries, casinos, racing and sports betting. That's $1,251 for every man and woman over the age of 18. The biggest change is in sports betting, with a 15 per cent increase in the amount of money Australians lost from the previous year in that category.

This comprehensive set of data covers the entire range of legalised Australian gambling products such as pokies, casino, race betting, sports betting and lotteries. It provides a wide range of gambling data, including total turnover, total expenditure, per adult turnover, per adult expenditure, percentage change in turnover and expenditure each year, market share of each gambling product and government revenue collected from gambling taxes.

Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Today

Notable findings were:

• total gambling expenditure in Australia increased from $23.694 billion in 2016–2017 to $24.887 billion in 2017–2018 (a 5.0 per cent increase)
• per adult gambling expenditure in Australia increased from $1,251.39 to $1,292.25 (a 3.3 per cent increase)
• total electronic gaming machine expenditure in Australia increased from $12.136 billion to $12.520 billion (a 3.2 per cent increase)
• total casino expenditure in Australia increased from $4.790 billion to $5.101 billion (a 6.5 per cent increase)
• total race betting expenditure in Australia increased from $3.313 billion to $3.547 billion (a 7.1 per cent increase)
• total sports betting expenditure in Australia increased from $1.062 billion to $1.235 billion (a 16.3 per cent increase).

Problem Gambling Issues In Australia Fires

For more information, see the 35th edition of the Australian Gambling Statistics on the Queensland Government Statistician's Office website.