The Australian Gambling Dataset.

Overall

• 70-90% of Australian adults gamble on at least on form of gambling at least once per year.

‘Regular’ gambling

• 40% of the adult population gamblers at least once per week, on at least one form of gambling.

By types of gambling

• 60% of the Australian adult population reported gambling on lotteries at least once per year.
• 25% of the adult population reported gambling on lotteries at least once per week.
• Scratch tickets and electronic gaming machines have an overall participation rate each of approximately 35%, with weekly participation rates of between 4 to 7%.
• Wagering has a reported participation rate of between 20-25% (weekly rate of 4%).
• Keno has a participation rate of 15-20% (weekly rate of less than 2%).
• All other activities (sports betting, casino games, internet gambling and bingo) have an overall reported participation rate of less than 10% (weekly rates of around 1%).

Data sources: A range of surveys, analysed and collated in Delfabbro (2006), Australasian Gambling Review, pg 11.