Australia's gambling industries (1999)
report
Australia's gambling industries (1999)
Inquiry report
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Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Letter, Acknowledgments, Contents of this report (3 volumes), Contents of Volume 1, Glossary, Terms of Reference
Summary
Key findings and Summary
PART A INTRODUCTION
1 The inquiry
1.1 The reference
1.2 Inquiry processes
1.3 Scope of the inquiry
1.4 How to read this report
PART B THE GAMBLING INDUSTRIES
2 An overview of Australia's gambling industries
2.1 Historical and social context
2.2 A snapshot of the industries
2.3 Gambling is a growth industry
2.4 Technological change and future trends
3 Consumption of gambling
3.1 How much do Australians spend on gambling?
3.2 The increasing share of gambling in household expenditure
3.3 Why do people gamble?
3.4 Who are the gamblers?
PART C IMPACTS
4 Impacts of gambling: a framework for assessment
4.1 The impacts of gambling: a listing
4.2 The sources of gambling-related social costs
4.3 The benefits of gambling
4.4 Measuring the impacts
4.5 Important aspects of the impacts
5 Assessing the benefits
5.1 Introduction
5.2 What benefits do consumers gain from gambling?
5.3 How can we measure the benefits to consumers?
5.4 Measuring consumer benefits from the gambling industries
5.5 What other benefits are there for the Australian economy?
6 What is problem gambling?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Defining problem gambling
6.3 A framework for assessing 'problem' and 'pathological' gambling
6.4 How can problem gambling be tested?
6.5 Problem gambling lies on a continuum
6.6 Getting the thresholds right to identify problem gamblers
6.7 Criticisms of the Commission's use of the SOGS
6.8 Are existing tests of problem gambling adequate?
6.9 The prevalence of problem gambling
6.10 Who are the problem gamblers?
6.11 What is the duration of problems?
6.12 Comparison of gambling problems with other public health concerns
7 The impacts of problem gambling
7.1 The nature of impacts
7.2 Personal effects on gamblers
7.3 The impacts of problem gambling on others
7.4 Impacts on work
7.5 Impacts on spending
7.6 Impacts on others, the public purse and the non-profit sector
7.7 Crime and problem gambling
7.8 Are there any offsetting benefits for problem gamblers?
8 The link between accessibility and problems
8.1 Why is the link at issue?
8.2 What are the dimensions of accessibility?
8.3 Australian population surveys: what light do they shed?
8.4 Variations in the use of help services
8.5 Changing patterns of problem gambling
8.6 The epidemiological foundations of risk
8.7 Some overseas evidence
8.8 Summing up
9 Quantifying the costs of problem gambling
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Previous estimates of costs by other researchers
9.3 The Commission's estimates of social costs
10 Broader community impacts
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Aspects of crime and gambling
10.3 Impacts on the 'nature' and 'feel' of community life
10.4 Sectoral impacts of the growth in gambling
10.5 Local and regional impacts of the growth in gambling
11 Gauging the net impacts
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Commission's assessments
11.3 Implications