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hold similar views about gambling to the
state-wide average;
- there is no evidence of greater concern or
disapproval of gambling in the areas with
very high EGM density such as Maribyrnong or
Dandenong;
no correlation between people’s views about the
quality of their suburb, and their views
about the impact of gaming machines on their
suburb (see section 5.2.2):
- indicating that the presence of electronic
gaming is not a primary factor in people’s
assessment of their suburb;
half of those surveyed had participated in
gambling in the last six months, despite
widespread disapproval of gambling (see section
5.2.3);
no significant differences in gambling patterns
between regions, although this may
reflect that our sample size was too small to
pick up such differences (see section 5.2.3);
most people play poker machines for social and
entertainment reasons (see
section 5.2.5);
the widespread participation in poker machine
playing indicates that people are deriving
recreational benefit from it (see section
5.2.5):
- and that to significantly restrict access to
poker machines, could reduce these
recreational benefits;
kpmgConsulting Victorian Casino and Gaming
Authority
Report of the 1999 Longitudinal
Community Impact Study: Main Report
September 2000
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