Gambling Harm Minimisation Report
The Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2019/20 to 2021/22 is the latest of those strategy documents. The strategy sets out the Ministry’s approach to and budget for funding and coordinating services to prevent and minimise gambling harm during the three year period starting 1 July 2019. The Gambling Harm Minimisation report (the Report) findings in relation to harm measurement and individual levels of excessive demand for gambling will be considered alongside other research on gambling related behaviours.
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Gambling Harm-Minimisation Measures Post 1999
An Australian overview with particular reference to the Northern Territory
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to present an overview of the gambling harm-minimisation measures that are implemented across Australia with a view towards identifying those demonstrably effective measures that may be appropriate to the Northern Territory (NT) context.
The paper is separated into six key areas:
- implications of the Productivity Commission’s 1999 Report
- public health and responsible gambling
- the gambling landscape in Australia
- codes of practice in operation
- harm-minimisation measures
- a discussion of findings and key areas for further research.
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While there were several recommended practices that were not widely supported across any of the different sectors, there was variation between the sectors in the practices that were adopted.
Over the last three decades the liberalisation of gambling has facilitated the emergence of a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2005-06 the total gambling turnover (the amount gambled) in Australia was over $148 billion. However, this development has not been accompanied by adequate or evaluated measures for consumer protection.
In 1999 the Productivity Commission’s report into Australia’s gambling industries represented the first comprehensive national study into the economic and social impacts of the gambling industry in Australia. This report highlighted an alarming level of problem gambling and other indirect social and economic costs. The Commission also reported a regulatory environment that was disjointed and inconsistent between jurisdictions. It identifies a need for:
- policy which was open and developed through community and industry consultation
- a separation between industry and government to avoid conflict of objectives and interests.
Most governments have initiated new responsible gambling practices since 1999. Responsible gambling and harm-minimisation measures have been introduced across all forms of gambling to help address the individual and social impacts of problem gambling.
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For further information about this report or to access a hard copy:
Licensing NT
Department of Attorney-General and Justice
Phone: (08) 8935 7643
Email: AGD.LicensingNT@nt.gov.au
Last updated: 11 April 2019
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Blaszczynski, Alex, Parke, Adrian, Parke, Jonathanet al and Rigbye, Jane (2014)Operator-based approaches to harm minimisation in gambling: summary, review and future directions. Technical Report. Responsible Gambling Trust.
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| Item Type: | Paper or Report (Technical Report) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
In this report we give critical consideration to the nature and effectiveness of harm
minimisation in gambling. We identify gambling-related harm as both personal (e.g.,
health, wellbeing, relationships) and economic (e.g., financial) harm that occurs from
exceeding one’s disposable income or disposable leisure time. We have elected to use the
term ‘harm minimisation’ as the most appropriate term for reducing the impact of
problem gambling, given its breadth in regard to the range of goals it seeks to achieve,
and the range of means by which they may be achieved.
The extent to which an employee can proactively identify a problem gambler in a
gambling venue is uncertain. Research suggests that indicators do exist, such as sessional
information (e.g., duration or frequency of play) and negative emotional responses to
gambling losses. However, the practical implications of requiring employees to identify
and interact with customers suspected of experiencing harm are questionable,
particularly as the employees may not possess the clinical intervention skills which may
be necessary. Based on emerging evidence, behavioural indicators identifiable in industryheld
data, could be used to identify customers experiencing harm. A programme of
research is underway in Great Britain and in other jurisdictions
| Keywords: | Responsible Gambling, Operator Based Interventions, Gambling Related Harm, bmjholiday |
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| Subjects: | C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology C Biological Sciences > C810 Applied Psychology |
| Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Psychology |
| ID Code: | 16411 |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2015 16:11 |
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