New research shows an increasing number of Australians are gambling online and entering “risky” territory.
The Australian National University’s centre for gambling research found people have continued to gamble at elevated levels, after spiking post-pandemic.
The director of the gambling research centre, Dr Aino Suomi, said the “new normal” of gambling participation – which included entering lotteries – had plateaued at about 60%, an increase from about 50% of the adult population who participated in gambling during the Covid-19 shut downs.
The ANU research found a slight decrease in the number of participants in the 12 months since the poll was taken, dropping from 61.3% to 60.3%. Before the pandemic, gambling levels were sitting about 65.6%.
