75% indicated they played pokies at a local gambling venue;
45% bet at a TAB outlet;
15% of survey respondents went to Crown Casino (pokies or table games); and
15% of survey respondents gambled via online pokies and or/casinos.
Of those who indicated a household member had gambled, 75% said that the gambling affected their capacity to meet basic
household needs; 40% were sometimes unable to meet basic needs and 35% were frequently unable to meet household needs.
Table 29: Gambling Problems Affecting Capacity to Meet Basic Needs
No.
Proportion of Survey
Respondents to this Question
Proportion of All
Survey
Respondents
Always able to meet basic needs
5
25%
1.9%
Sometimes unable to meet basic needs
8
40%
3.1%
Frequently unable to meet basic needs
7
35%
2.7%
Total
20
100%
7.8%
Of those survey respondents that indicated they had a household member who had gambled in the last 12 months, 75% had
accessed specialist services in the last 12 months. The most common type of assistance accessed was counselling/case
management and legal assistance (40% respectively). Forty percent of these respondents also had a household member that was
affected by family violence in the last 12 months.
Table 30: Households with Gambling Problems who Accessed Specialist Services in the last 12 months
Type of Assistance
No.
Proportion of Survey
Respondents
Counselling/Case Management
6
40%
Legal
6
40%
Medical Advice/Assistance
1
6.6%
Mental illness
1
6.6%
Utility Relief Grant
1
6.6%
Total
15
100%
Drug Abuse
Consistent with previous ER surveys, participants were asked whether they knew of any household members using
substances/drugs. However, some changes were made to the response options to enable greater differentiation between the
types of drugs being used (refer to Table 31). Participants could select more than one drug type so percentages will not sum to
100%.
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