Table 1.
Summary of demographics, PGSI status, and participation in gambling forms for each jurisdiction
| Sample | |||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| TAS | ACT | NT | SA | VIC | NSW | NAT+ | |
| N | 5,000 | 9,965 | 5,000 | 20,017 | 10,638 | 10,012 | 10,471 |
| Gender (Male) | 2,464 | 4,624 | 2,326 | 8,907 | 4,888 | 5,076 | 5,573 |
| (49.3%) | (46.4%) | (46.5%) | (44.5%) | (45.9%) | (50.7%) | (53.22%) | |
| Mean Age | 57.1 | 50.9 | 49.6 | 55.3 | 53.0 | 50.7 | 46.03 |
| PGSI status | |||||||
| NG | 2,127 | 4,114 | 1,257 | 7,052 | 3,007 | 4,559 | 5,791 |
| (42.5%) | (41.3%) | (25.1%) | (35.2%) | (28.3%) | (45.5%) | (64.4%) | |
| NPG | 2,601 | 5,039 | 3,229 | 11,722 | 6,655 | 4,463 | 3,601 |
| (52.0%) | (50.6%) | (64.6%) | (58.6%) | (62.6%) | (44.6%) | (55.3%) | |
| LR | 188 | 568 | 342 | 753 | 683 | 634 | 611 |
| (3.8%) | (5.7%) | (6.8%) | (3.8%) | (6.4%) | (6.3%) | (34.4%) | |
| MR | 61 | 179 | 131 | 369 | 223 | 269 | 335 |
| (1.2%) | (1.8%) | (2.6%) | (1.8%) | (2.1%) | (2.7%) | (5.8%) | |
| PG | 23 | 65 | 41 | 121 | 70 | 87 | 133 |
| (0.5%) | (0.7%) | (0.8%) | (0.6%) | (0.7%) | (0.9%) | (3.2%) | |
| Gambling form participation prevalence | |||||||
| EGM | 780 | 1,667 | 858 | 3,477 | 1,572 | 1,525 | 1,482 |
| (15.6%) | (16.7%) | (17.2%) | (17.4%) | (14.8%) | (15.2%) | (14.2%) | |
| Race | 450 | 1,366 | 845 | 2,148 | 2,039 | 1,269 | 1,574 |
| (9.0%) | (13.7%) | (16.9%) | (10.7%) | (19.2%) | (12.7%) | (15.0%) | |
| Scratch tickets | 897 | 2,045 | 691 | -* | 1,160 | 1,334 | 1,283 |
| (17.9%) | (20.5%) | (13.8%) | (10.9%) | (13.3%) | (12.3%) | ||
| Keno | 1,078 | 421 | 1,159 | 1,298 | 313 | 976 | 769 |
| (21.6%) | (4.2%) | (23.2%) | (6.5%) | (2.9%) | (9.7%) | (7.3%) | |
| Bingo | 75 | 177 | 86 | 585 | 183 | 213 | 186 |
| (1.5%) | (1.8%) | (1.7%) | (2.9%) | (1.7%) | (2.1%) | (1.8%) | |
| Casino | 156 | 400 | 335 | 755 | 453 | 462 | 697 |
| (3.1%) | (4.0%) | (6.7%) | (3.8%) | (4.3%) | (4.6%) | (6.7%) | |
| Sports | 113 | 686 | 274 | 887 | 447 | 546 | 1,027 |
| (2.3%) | (6.9%) | (5.5%) | (4.4%) | (4.2%) | (5.5%) | (9.8%) | |
| Lotteries | 2,068 | 4,436 | 2,639 | 9,980* | 5,109 | 3,886 | 3,447 |
| (41.4%) | (44.5%) | (52.8%) | (49.9%) | (48.0%) | (38.8%) | (32.9%) | |
| Other | 94 | 255 | 171 | 483 | 416 | 387 | 577 |
| (1.9%) | (2.6%) | (3.4%) | (2.4%) | (3.9%) | (3.9%) | (5.5%) | |
Notes: + National survey data excludes WA respondents. * SA measured frequency of scratch tickets and lottery purchases in the same question. NG: Non-gambler, NPG: Non-problem gambler, LR: low risk gambling problems, MR: moderate-risk gambling problems, PG: Problem gambler. EGM: Electronic gambling machines.