{"id":777019069,"date":"2024-09-16T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019069"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:06:09","slug":"australian-gambling-losses-reached-us21-52bn-in-2022-23-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-gambling-losses-reached-us21-52bn-in-2022-23-study-finds","title":{"rendered":"Australian gambling losses reached US$21.52bn in 2022-23, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The largest proportion of losses were on machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Queensland Government Statistician&#8217;s Office, Queensland Treasury,\u00a0has shared the 39th edition of its Australian gambling statistics. The report finds that gambling losses in the country rose from AU$25.6bn (US$17.21bn) in the 2018-19 financial year to AU$32bn (US$21.52bn) in 2022-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of losses came from gaming machines (AU$15.8bn), casinos (AU$3.6bn) and lotteries (AU$3.1bn). Some AU$9bn was lost from betting on sports and racing. According to the report, the growth in losses was primarily due to gaming, which increased by 19.6 per cent from AU$19.3bn in 2021-22 to AU$23bn in 2022-23. losses from wagering rose by 1.2 per cent from AU$8.9bn in 2021-22 to AU$9bn in 2022-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average national spend per person in 2022-23 amounted to AU$1,555, an increase from AU$1,395 in 2021-22. Australian Capital Territory residents had the highest yearly gambling losses per person at AU$2,763, followed by the Northern Territory (AU$2,130), New South Wales (AU$2,000), Queensland ($1,470), Victoria (AU$1,401), and South Australia (AU$1,227). Western Australia (AU$889), where non-casino poker machines are prohibited, and Tasmania (AU$895) had lower per capita losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Thomas, chief executive of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, commented: &#8220;Australians lose more to gambling than any other nation in the world because we have a grossly inadequate regulatory regime in which the gambling industry has been allowed to operate virtually unchecked causing devastation to individuals, families and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Albanese Government has been sitting on the recommendations of the Murphy Report for more than 14 months now, it is time for action, it is time for political leadership to protect Australians and especially to protect our children who are being groomed to gamble by a ruthless, profit-hungry industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, a report from the Grattan Institute found that <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/study-finds-australia-still-has-highest-gambling-losses-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia still has the highest gambling losses<\/a> in the world. Entitled A better bet: How Australia should prevent gambling harm, the report finds that the average Australian adult loses AU$1,635 (US$1,099.5) a year. That compares to US$543.65 in the US and US$392.10 in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-government-says-no-decision-made-on-gambling-ads-ban\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prime minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s government<\/a>&nbsp;continues to debate whether to implement a ban on gambling ads. Over 60 prominent Australians including former prime ministers, MPs, union leaders, sports figures, business professionals, health experts and community advocates have signed an open letter calling for a ban on all gambling ads within three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/56-of-australians-support-moderate-restrictions-on-gambling-ads-survey-finds\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">56% of Australians support moderate restrictions on gambling ads, survey finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest proportion of losses were on machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Queensland Government Statistician\u2019s Office reports Australian gambling losses surged to AU$32bn in FY2022-23, primarily driven by gaming machines. This substantial increase, coupled with Australia's status as the world leader in per capita gambling losses, intensifies calls for stricter regulatory reform, including a potential ban on gambling advertisements, from advocacy groups and prominent public figures. The Albanese Government is currently debating these proposed measures.","focusai_entities":"Queensland Government Statistician\u2019s Office, Queensland Treasury, Martin Thomas, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Albanese Government, Murphy Report, Grattan Institute, Anthony Albanese","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, US, New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact on GGR","query":"What specific legislative or policy changes are most likely to be implemented by the Albanese Government in response to these escalating gambling loss figures, and how might these impact operator Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) across different gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Ad Ban Feasibility","query":"Given the strong advocacy and the Grattan Institute's findings, what is the projected timeline and political feasibility of a comprehensive ban on gambling advertisements in Australia, and what mitigation strategies are operators and affiliates considering?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777019069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777019069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019075,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019069\/revisions\/777019075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}