Does Australia have a gambling problem?

Based on per capita spending, Australians are the world’s most prolific gamblers.

Last year we lost nearly 24 billion dollars to gaming, more than half poured into pokie machines at pubs and clubs across the country.

Tis episode of The Policy Shop takes a closer look at Australia’s relationship with gambling, with Stephen Conroy, the Executive Director of Responsible Wagering Australia and Dr Charles Livingstone, senior lecturer in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, at Monash University.

Episode recorded: 5 March 2018 Series producer: Eoin Hahessy Audio engineer: Gavin Nebauer

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