Poker Machine Gambling Research

This page aims to provide local governments with:

• Research papers, information and data to help in their assessments of the social and economic impacts of poker machines on local communities;


• Information for developing community impact statements for the Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority;


• The PARK (Pokie Application Response Kit);


• Links to Poker Machine related Research; and


• Links to other interesting sites.

This page only includes information that we think will be immediately useful for local governments. Due to our reluctance to overload you with information we have been selective in the reports we recommend.

As a general rule, we have focused primarily on Victorian research and data. We welcome suggestions on anything we might have missed, new relevant social research or format changes that would make the site easier to use.

Key Links

Gambling Research Panel

• Gambling Research Panel

Work and Economic Policy Research Unit (Victoria University)

• Work and Economic Policy Research Unit


• Pokie Application Response Kit (PARK)




This kit was developed by Dr James Doughney from the WEPRU at Victoria University
and is now available on the VLGA website

ANU Centre for Gambling Research

• ANU Centre for Gambling Research

Australian Institute for Primary Care

• Australian Institute for Primary Care


• Charles Livingstone

Productivity Commission - Australia's Gambling Industries

• Productivity Commission


• Australia's Gambling Industries Reports, Submissions & Transcripts

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority


• Research


• Legislation


• Hearings


• Regional Pokie Caps

Department of Treasury and Finance

• Department of Treasury and Finance

Department for Victorian Communities

• Department for Victorian Communities



• Community Support Fund
  

Australian Institute for Gambling Research

The AIGR has been disbanded. AIGR research documents can be obtained from Prof. Jan McMillen at:

ANU Centre for Gambling Research

Data

Gambling and other Social Statistics on this website

• VLGA Social Statistics Library


• Gambling Indicators for Local Areas




Number of gambling venues, EGMs and Amount of Gambling Losses, sorted by local area (figures are amalgamated for some municipalities).

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority - Various Data

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority - Research Listing


• Complete List of Venues

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business - Employment / Unemployment Data

• Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business


• Small Area Labour Market Data (Unemployment Data)

Infoxchange - Community Services Database

• Infoxchange


• Database: Infoxchange Service Seeker

Department of Human Services - Problem Gambling Data (Client Service Reports)

• Department of Human Services


• Department of Human Services Data - Problem Gambling


• Research and Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Various

• Australian Bureau of Statistics


• Census community profiles (include working population profile)


• Socio-Economic Indexes For Areas (SEIFA) information paper


• Gambling Industries, Australia


• Clubs, Pubs, Taverns and Bars, Australia


• Productivity Commission Submission page (Australian Bureau of Statistics Submission 141)

Jesuit Social Services - "Unequal in Life" Postcode Data

• Jesuit Social Services


• "Unequal in Life: The Distribution of Social Disadvantage in Victoria & New South Wales" report & data by Tony Vinson.




Available on Jesuit Social Service Research Reports page.

Poker Machines and Local Economies

Work and Economic Policy Research Unit (WEPRU) - Various

Selected economic reports available:

• "A Critique of the The Economic Impact of Gambling (NIEIR)" (2001)


• "Socio-Economic Banditry: Poker Machines and Income Re-distribution in Victoria" (2001)


• "Using a 'Pokie Loss Severity Index' & The Local Economic Impact of Pokies" (2001)


• "Why 'Consumer's Surplus' is Not An Appropriate Measure of Poker Machine Gambling 'Benefits'" (2000)


• "Demography and Poker Machine Gambling: The Social Policy Implications of Social Banditry" (2000)


• "Preliminary Local Area Gambling Research - Economic Effects" (1999)


• "The Impact of Poker Machine Gambling on Low-Income Municipalities" (1999)


• 
  "New Data on Poker Machines: The Low-Income Areas Slugged Again", Doughney (2004)

To obtain a copy of these reports:

Email the
Work and Economic Policy Research Unit (WEPRU)

Productivity Commission - Australia's Gambling Industries

• Productivity Commission


• Australia's Gambling Industries




Volume 1:





Part B (Section 3)



Part C (Sections 4-11)



Volume 2:





Part D (Section 19)



Appendices C, D, J, K, M, P, R and the Submissions & Transcripts.

Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities - Impact of Poker Machines on Rural economies

• Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities

Selected economic reports available from CSRC Publications page:

• "Impact of Poker Machines on rural economies - Bendigo, A Case Study"


• "The Impact of Electronic Gaming Machines on Retail Trade in Victoria – The First Four Years, 1992-96"

• Productivity Commission Submission Page (Ian Pinge's submission DR279)

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

Selected economic reports available:

• "Community Facilities Resulting from the Providers of Gaming in Victoria"


• "The Economic Impact of Gambling"


• "The Effect of Gambling on Employment in Victoria"


• "The Impact of the Expansion in Gaming on the Victorian Retail Sector"

Poker Machines and Community Life

Work and Economic Policy Research Unit (WEPRU) - Various

Selected reports available:

• Socio-economic Banditry: Poker Machines and Income Re-distribution in Victoria 2001


• Using a 'Pokie Loss Severity Index' and The Local Economic Impact of Pokies 2001


• Demography and Poker Machine Gambling: The Social Policy Implications of Social Banditry 2000


• The Impact of Poker Machine Gambling on Low-Income Municipalities 1999

To obtain a copy of these reports:

Email the
Work and Economic Policy Research Unit (WEPRU)

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority
  

Selected reports available:

• "Impact of Gaming on Small Rural Communities"


• "Impact of Gaming Venues On Inner City Municipalities"


• "Social and Economic Effects of Electronic Gaming Machines on Non-Metropolitan Communities"


• "Longitudinal Community Impact Study Volume 1"


• "Longitudinal Community Impact Study Volume 2"


• "Definition and Incidence of Problem Gambling, Including the Socio-Economic Distribution of Gamblers"

Productivity Commission - Australia's Gambling Industries

• Productivity Commission
  

Selected reports available:

• Australia's Gambling Industries




Volume 1:





Part B (Section 3)



Part C (Sections 4-11)



Volume 2:





Part D (Section 15)



Appendices B, E, F, G, L, Q,, R, S, T, V

Submissions and Transcripts


• Local government submissions to the Productivity Commission
  
  
  Wyndham City Council - Submission 10
  
  Maribyrnong City Council - Submission 39
  
  Shire of Yarra Ranges - Submission 56
  
  Moreland City Council - Submission 79
  
  Greater Dandenong - Submission 82
  
  

Interchurch Gambling Taskforce

• Interchurch Gambling Taskforce


• Anglicare Victoria


• Collins Street Baptist Church


• "Wanna Bet? Winners and Losers in Gambling's Luck Myth"
  
  Tim Costello and Royce Millar

Other

• Productivity Commission Submission Page




(Interchurch Gambling Taskforce Submissions 55, 165, 166,167)

Financial and Consumer Rights Council

• Financial and Consumer Rights Council


• Consumer Rights Journal


• "Queen of Hearts - The Needs of Women with Gambling Problems"
  Sarah Brown & Louise Coventry


• "Picking Up the Pieces Part 1 : Increased Gambling - It's Effect on Financial Counselling Services"
  Jan Pentland


• "Picking Up the Pieces Part 2 : Increased Gambling - Its Effect on Financial Counselling Services"
  Jan Pentland


• "Beliefs and Value Systems : Understanding All Australians"
  Diane Gabb


• "Protection - The Federal Government's responsibility in forming uniform laws on gambling"
  Jan McMillen, Gillian McAllister and Liesl Laker

Women's Health West

• E-mail: Women's Health West


• Request via E-mail: "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise" report


• Productivity Commission Submission Page




(Women's Health West Submission 176)



"Who Picks Up The Tab?" report by Sarah Brown

Department of Human Services

• Department of Human Services


• Problem Gambling Homepage


• Client and Service Analysis Report - No. 5


• "Playing For Time" - Exploring the Impacts of Gambling on Women


• "Impacts of Gambling on Adolescents and Children"


• "Current 'Best Practice' Interventions for Gambling Problems : A Theoretical and Empirical Review"

Other

• Gambling and Community Services Submissions to the Productivity Commission




BreakEven Hume Region Problem Gambling Service (Now known as Gambler's Help) - Submission 22



BreakEven Eastern Region Problem Gambling Service (Now known as Gambler's Help) - Submission 40

BreakEven Western Region Problem Gambling Service (Now known as Gambler's Help) - Submission 64

Broadmeadows Care and Kildonan Child and Family Services Submission 77

Anglicare Gippsland - Submission 115

BreakEven Southern Region Problem Gambling Service (Now known as Gambler's Help) - Submission 132

Banyule Community Health Service - Submission 146

Non-English Speaking Background Specific Research

• Impact of Gaming on Specific Cultural Groups - Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority


• "Asian Gambling …Family Losses" PDF - Jesuit Social Services


• Productivity Commission Submission Page - Australian Vietnamese Women's Welfare Association (Submission 86)


• Productivity Commission Submission Page - Chinese Community Problem Gambling Action Group of Victoria (Submission 139)

Poker Machines and Crime

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority


• The Impact of Gaming and Crime Statistics

Productivity Commission - Australia's Gambling Industries

• Productivity Commission


• Australia's Gambling Industries




Volume 1:





Part C (Section 7 & 10)





Volume 2:





Part D (Section 16)



Appendices H, O and R

Submissions & Transcripts

Poker Machines & Tourism

Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority

• Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority


• The Impact of the Expansion of Gaming on the Tourism, Entertainment and Leisure Industries

Productivity Commission - Australia's Gambling Industries

• Productivity Commission


• Australia's Gambling Industries




Volume 1:





Part C (Section 10)
Submissions & Transcripts

Other Links

The Age

• The Age


• Gambling Archive

National Association of Gambling Studies

• National Association of Gambling Studies


• National Association of Gambling Studies Conference (2001)

Melbourne University, Problem Gambling Research Program

• Melbourne University, Problem Gambling Research Program

Nick Xenophon MLC

• Nick Xenophon MLC

Know The Odds

• Know The Odds


• Gambling Research Newsletters Archive




From 2000 until 2002 the VLGA and Borderlands co-operative published a monthly summary of new developments in gambling research, the "Gambling Research Newsletter".




The newsletters are archived on the above web page.

See our News or Library section for information about Gambling issues. You can add documents or links to the Library.