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New Zealand

Gambling in New Zealand. Statistics from the Centre for Gambling Studies, New Zealand.

Increased requests for help from problem gamblers: data from a telephone crisis helpline.

NZ Statistics on gambling. The Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand.

Problem Gambling Counselling in New Zealand 2003 National Statistics. This report gives a comprehensive profile of the people receiving help for gambling problems from PGC funded services during 2003 and includes information from the 1997 to 2003 reports. (pdf file)

Stats and newsletters on problem gambling in NZ. Gambling Helpline.

PGFNZ Gambling Fact Sheets

Australia

The 1999/2000 report detailing Casino profitability, employment & gaming floor figures Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Gambling Services, Australia , 2004-05 Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Community Impacts of Electronic Gaming Machine Gambling (Victoria and Western Australia) Released in December 2005, this study compares the impacts of electronic gaming machine (EGM) gambling on key socioeconomic characteristics within the contrasting gambling environments of selected communities in Victorian and Western Australian.

Measuring the Economic Impact of Electronic Gaming Machines in Regional Areas - Bendigo, a case study. (pdf file)

Productivity Commission, the Australian Government's principal review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation. About 290,000 people in Australia (that is approximately 2% of all adult Australians) are considered to be experiencing significant problems associated with gambling.

Asian

The Economic Impact Of Indian Gaming In 2006. The National Indian Gaming Association.

The Asian Connection PGFNZ-fact sheet

Canada

Gambling, 2007 - from Statistics Canada

The 2002 Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey says 1.2 million adult Canadians or one in twenty were at risk of experiencing problems or were problem gamblers.

According to Statistics Canada there were over 100,000 places to make a bet in Canada in 2001. In 2002 an estimated 18.9 million adults wagered $11.3 billion on government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, and casinos. 

USA

A Report of the Compulsive Gambling Program Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Missouri  2006

Is There a Cure for America's Gambling Addiction? Stats and facts By Bernard P. Horn, political director, National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, Washington, D.C.

2002 Oregon and Washington Gaming Markets and Oregon Casino Survey by ECONorthwest, Portland, Oregon, 2002. (pdf file)

Profile of Gamblers in Iowa. A profile of gamblers admitted to treatment.

United Kingdom

Survey data on remote gambling participation (UK)This paper provides information on participation in remote forms of gambling from June 2007 - March 2008. Gambling Commission.

International

Lottery statistics, LotteryInsider.com with links to other lottery stats sites.

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