Estimating the extent and degree of Gambling related problems in the Australian population: A national survey.
A stratified random doorknock method was used to interview 2744 respondents in four state capitals in Australia. The interview was in 3 parts with the latter two only administered to regular, once per week or more often gamblers (N=290). The measures completed by this group included the South Oaks Gambling Screen and a range of psychological measures. A conservative interpretation of the results was that "problem gamblers," defined in terms of a range of personal and interpersonal gambling-related costs, comprised 1.16% (±0.34%) of the Australian population. It was estimated that problem players' losses may account for about one quarter of all expenditures on gambling.
Department of Psychology and Australian Institute for Gambling Research, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur.
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