Gambling Research Newsletter Archive

The Gambling Research Newsletter ceased publication at the conclusion of 2002. For your reference, all back issues are available here in PDF format.

December 2002




• An overview of the gambling policies of Victorian political parties


• An update on the activities of the Local Government Working Group on Gambling


• A Federal view on gambling in Victoria
  International actions and activism


• International gambling research including research on the characterisation of addiction


• Local and international news

October 2002




• A report on the 'Dis-arming the Bandits' Conference


• Research on gambling related suicides in Victoria


• New Victorian legislation


• An overview of national research


• Local and international news


• Interesting websites and recent publications

August 2002




• An update on the activities of the Local Government Working Group on Gambling


• A report on some new Victorian research


• A special feature looking at gaming machine design


• An overview of some Canadian research


• Local and international news


• Information about upcoming conferences

June 2002




• A comprehensive report from the Local Government Working Group on Gambling


• An overview of some diverse local community-based initiatives


• A discussion of the recent research in NSW that sought to assess the potential impact of proposed harm reduction measures


• More Australian and international research


• Local and international news

April 2002




• An outline of the Local Government Working Group on Gambling’s current work programme


• A summary of the AIGR’s report on assessing the social impact of gambling


• A critique of research conducted for Tattersall’s on the impact of gambling in Ballarat


• An overview of some NSW research into the impact of proposed gaming machine modifications


• A look at some international research
  local and international news

February 2002




• An outline of the Local Government Working Group on Gambling’s proposed gambling initiatives


• A discussion of local government experiences of VCGA hearings


• A look at statistics on Gamblers’ Help service uptake and gamblers’ enjoyment of gambling


• A critique of the New Zealand Prevalence Survey


• An overview of the VLGA’s involvement in gambling issues


• Local and international news

December 2001




• An account of the recent one-day Pokies Application Response Kit (PARK) training workshop


• Issues arising from the VCGA hearing process


• A discussion of research on community attitudes to gambling


• Reports from the 2001 National Association of Gambling Studies (NAGS) conference


• Local and international news

November 2001




• Service of Gaming course and various industry codes of practice


• Information about gambling policies being developed in the Shire of Macedon Ranges and the City of Knox


• A discussion of a common misinterpretation of problem gambling prevalence data


• Some thoughts on developing effective problem gambling educational curricula for young people


• A consideration of the onus of proof in VCGA hearings and an outline of the Precautionary Principle


• Local and international news

October 2001




• News of the latest incarnation of the gaming machine impact assessment software developed for the VLGA by the Workplace Studies Centre at Victoria Unversity: the Pokie Application Response Kit (PARK)


• An overview of the State Government Gaming Research Panel’s research schedule


• The conclusion of the discussion of young people and problem gambling which commenced in the last issue—looking now at prevention


• A considered essay on the issue of banning smoking in gambling venues, by a gaming industry observer


• An overview of the VLGA’s gambling policy framework


• Local and international news


• An updated list of useful and relevant websites

September 2001




• Report from the September LGWGOG meeting


• A new and innovative service to help problem gamblers


• New initiatives in Warrnambool and Whittlesea


• A look at problem gambling among young people


• Victoria’s growing reliance on gambling taxes


• Local and international news

August 2001




• Reports from the Shepparton Planning Day and the August LGWGOG meeting


• Critiques of some Australian problem gambling prevalence research


• A look at the income redistribution facilitated by poker machines


• A clarification of the EGM caps legislation


• Local and international news


• An updated and categorised list of websites

July 2001




• An update on the activities of some metropolitan councils


• A review of some new research on gambling and homelessness


• The latest changes to the VCGA—the formation of the Office of
  Gambling Regulation (OGR)


• Some recent gambling statistics concerning gambling revenue to state governments


• Talking about poker machines in Victoria


• A review of papers from last year's NAGS conference on harm minimisation and a public health approach to gambling


• 2001 conferences in Australia and New Zealand


• A look at new industry-funded research into the effectiveness of policies designed to minimise problem gambling


• Social capital and gambling—research and prevention


• One woman's personal story of the impact of problem gambling


• Local and international news

June 2001




• A review of the VLGA's work on gambling issues over the past few years


• A report from the last LGWGOG meeting


• Some recent Victorian and national gambling statistics


• A multi-layer framework for addressing problem gambling


• EGMs—making you feel like you're winning when you're losing


• Local and international news

May 2001




• VLGA report including:

Issues arising from the VCGA hearing for Hume

• Report from the last LGWGOG meeting


• Resolutions from the VLGA general meeting


• Issues in gambling research—what is harm reduction?


• Around the Victorian scene:


• Another look at Victoria’s regional EGM caps


• New Problem Gambling Education Kit launched
  querying the Community Support Fund


• A look at some new work conceptualising problem gambling:


• Beliefs and value systems: recognising cultural realities


• Pathways to problem gambling: identifying typologies


• A public health approach to problem gambling


• Local gambling-related news


• Gambling-related news from around the world


• An updated list of relevant websites

April 2001




• Local news:


• Online gambling ban draws criticism


• Victorian gambling industry slows after legislative changes


• Pokie losses up in Darebin


• Cashless pokies on the way


• Local Government Working Group on Gambling (LGWGOG) report


• Local community initiatives—Maroondah


• Methodological issues in gambling research:


• Behind the VCGA submission form


• VAGS (Victorian Authority Gambling Screen) update


• Suicide and gambling special report


• International gambling news


• Interesting and useful websites (updated)

March 2001




• Local news:


• More controversy about the new EGM caps


• Arab leaders speak out


• Political parties required to disclose gambling industry donations


• Local Government Working Group on Gambling (LGWGOG) report


• Local government activities—Mornington Peninsula and Glen Eira


• Special report on alcohol and gambling


• Upcoming conferences


• International gambling news

February 2001




• Local news:


• Revisions to Victorian gambling legislation, including new localised EGM caps


• Latest gambling expenditure figures from South Australia


• Local Government Working Group on Gambling (LGWGOG) report
  
• Methodological issues in gambling research:


• What is ‘social impact’


• A bibliography of gambling impact studies


• New gambling studies journal


• US National Gambling Impact Study report


• International gambling news


• Interesting and useful websites (updated)

January 2001




• Local news:


• LAPIST launch


• Internet gaming moratorium developments


• Gaming policy in Queensland


• Star City survives inquiry


• Local Government Working Group on Gambling report


• Report from Hume


• Workshop with Jan McMillen


• Local government activities—Indigo and Ballarat


• Economic impact research


• Comparison of two local studies


• EGMs even more regressive


• NAGS Conference report (continued)


• International gambling news

December 2000




• Local Area Pokies Impact Software Tool (LAPIST) launched


• Book review—Wanna Bet (Tim Costello & Royce Millar)


• New social and economic impact research:


• Economic impact of EGMs on regional areas — Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University, Bendigo


• Specific social impact assessments in NSW and Queensland — Brannock & Associates


• Local news:


• Internet gambling moratorium


• NSW legislation


• NAGS Conference report


• International gambling news

November 2000




• Local government activities - Whittlesea, Moonee Valley & Darebin


• International gambling news


• Methodological Issues in Gambling Research:


• Problem gambling prevalence & service uptake


• The hidden nature of problem gambling


• The gambling industry and its social impact: demystifying the connections

October 2000




• Local government activities - Boroondara


• VLGA workshop: Assessing the Social and Economic Impacts of Gaming Venues - introducing the Local Area Pokies Impact Software Tool (LAPIST)


• Local gambling news


• Recent VCGA research


• Methodological Issues in Gambling Research:


• Critique of some recent VCGA research


• Problem gaming: an individual or a social phenomenon?

September 2000




• Legislative changes to the VCGA and the Community Support Fund


• Recent social and economic impact research


• Methodological Issues in Gambling Research:


• Making social and economic impact submissions


• About the Australian Gaming Council

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