{"id":23486,"date":"2021-10-13T11:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23486"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:50:31","slug":"australia-study-finds-online-gambling-doubled-in-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-study-finds-online-gambling-doubled-in-past-decade","title":{"rendered":"Australia: study finds online gambling doubled in past decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A study has found that the number of online gamblers in Australia has doubled since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Gambling Research Australia<\/strong> has published its Second National Study of Interactive Gambling in Australia, reporting that the number of online gamblers has doubled in the past decade<\/strong>. More than 15,000 Australians were surveyed and 17.5 per cent of adults gambled online in 2019<\/strong>, up from 8.1 per cent in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Nerilee Hing, from CQUniversity\u2019s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory<\/strong>, said: “This growth in online gambling<\/a> has been driven by faster internet speeds, the convenience of betting on smartphone apps and extensive advertising and inducements<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the study, 10.1 per cent of adults chose the lottery as their preferred form of online gambling<\/strong>. The second most popular choice was race betting at 5.9 per cent, followed by sports betting at 5.8 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities are currently looking at a National Consumer Protection Framework for Online Wagering<\/strong> in order to bring Australian consumer protection measures up to date. It comprises 10 consumer protection measures intended to reduce gambling harm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study carried out to analyse the negative effect of gambling on families and friends<\/strong> showed that more than 9 per cent of Australian adults have encountered some degree of harm from their own gambling and 6 per cent from someone else’s. It found that online gamblers are twice as likely to suffer harm as land-based gamblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study finds Australians don\u2019t use gambling harm reduction tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A study<\/a> by the University of Sydney\u2019s Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic (GTRC)<\/strong> has reported that gambling harm minimisation tools implemented by the government have had little impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research focused on self-exclusion<\/strong> and deposit limit tools<\/strong>. It found that the first tool affected online gambling behaviour but that players don\u2019t use the tool if it\u2019s voluntary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for deposit limits, 6,000 people who used the tool stuck to the limits <\/strong>for about a year, while one in four decided to change their betting limits to make them less restrictive. One in eight gamblers unsubscribed from the programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this, Sally Gainsbury<\/strong>, one of the study\u2019s authors, said the self-exclusion and betting limit tools had proved to be successful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the number of people who set a deposit limit for gambling increased after the introduction of the self-exclusion system<\/strong>. She added that the results could encourage authorities to take other measures to promote safer gambling behaviour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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