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Gambling is an activity undertaken by many Australians. Over 80% of Australian adults engage in gambling of some kind, which is the highest rate of gambling in the world.

electronic gaming/poker machines operating in clubs, pubs, and hotels. wagering on races, sports, and other approved events (for example, elections) gambling at s, including on table games, gaming machines and keno systems. lotteries, including lotteries, lotto, pools and instant scratchies.

Or, as an Australian online gambling website put it: “Australia has always embraced gambling … Having always been a culture where risk and reward reigns supreme.” Ultimately, gambling is a form of entertainment, just like concerts and sporting events and puppet shows are forms of entertainment.

Lottery. In a lottery, a random drawing is used to determine winners, making it a low-odds game. Lotteries account for a whopping 66% of all US gambling.

Lotteries/scratchies were the activity with the highest participation (64%), followed by race betting (including horse, greyhound and harness racing, 39%), sports betting (34%) and poker machines/'pokies' (33%).

So, $225 billion spent on gambling in one year. That's nearly three times as much as total government spending in 2019. It's also more than the GDP of Morocco. Averaged out across all 19.75 million Australians aged over 18 (based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data), this works out to be $11,525 per capita!