00:00A recent study has found that Australia has the highest rate of gambling losses per capita in the world.
00:09$32 billion is lost to legal gambling every year in this country.
00:15Here in Queensland we have the highest rate of gambling, with more than 70% of adults in the state punting at least once a year.
00:24But the gambling rates are high right across the board.
00:27In South Australia and Western Australia more than two thirds of adults also gamble at least once a year.
00:32Here in Australia the lottery is the most common type of gambling, followed by scratches, poker machines and then of course sports betting which is incredibly popular.
00:41Now gambling comes with plenty of harms, that is what this study has found.
00:46It's found that those that gamble more frequently are at a higher risk of gambling related harm.
00:52Now this ranges anywhere from stress and anxiety related to financial losses all the way through to suicidal thoughts and an increase in intimate partner violence.
01:02But as we know it's not just the punters themselves that experience the consequences of regular gambling.
01:08This study found that 20% of people who are in a relationship with somebody who gambles more than once a week have experienced intimate partner violence.
01:18And it's for a whole slew of reasons that the researchers behind this study are calling for more investigation into the harms of gambling and better efforts to help mitigate them.
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