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Total gambling Gambling share
Source: Australian Gambling Statistics, 1972-73
to 1997-98, Tasmanian Gaming Commission.
Australian
National Accounts, Australian Bureau of
Statistics.
The amount spent on gambling – which also
represents the gross revenue of gambling
venues – is a better measure of the impact of
gambling than the total amount wagered. In
1998, nearly 41 per cent of total Australian
expenditure on gambling occurred in NSW, with
high levels of expenditure also reported in
Victoria and Queensland ($3.2bn and $1.1bn
respectively). On a per capita basis, NSW and
Victoria had the highest levels of
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expenditure, equivalent to $963 and $921
respectively. Note that these figures are
unadjusted for tourist visitation. Tasmanian
gamblers spent the least on gambling with per
capita spending nearly half that of NSW ($509).
Figure 3.2 summarises the trends in Victorian
gambling expenditure since 1983-84. Growth
in spending accelerated in 1992-93 but then
eased from 1996-97. The share of real
household final consumption expenditure devoted
to gambling rose to 3.8 per cent, in 1997-
98, above the 3.4 per cent national average.
Figure 3.2: Victorian spending on gambling,
1983-84 to 1997-98 (1997-98 $m).
Gambling’s share of Victorian real household
consumption expenditure.
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