Australia leads the world in per capita gambling losses. Harms experienced by gambling are substantial and can be severe. Angela undertook a Churchill Fellowship to investigate international lessons for public health policy and improved gambling regulation. The aim was to understand measures that had been introduced in other jurisdictions to prevent and reduce gambling-related harm, as well as factors that enabled the introduction of these measures.
The study involved key informant interviews with gambling regulators, consumer advocates and affected others, politicians, academics and operators, in eleven cities across seven countries (France, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland). Angela discussed ways to develop global responses to the public health challenge of gambling with UNESCO (Paris) and WHO (Geneva). She also provided presentations outlining recent research from Australia to audiences in four countries.
This report provides a summary of key public health lessons that could be considered to improve gambling regulation in Australia. Additional findings will be detailed in a future peer reviewed manuscript.
Key lessons include:
A number of recommendations have been provided that might be considered in the Australian context.
Angela was a 2021 Policy Impact Program participant and featured in the Policy Futures publication with her article Universal Registration is Key to Preventing Gambling Harm. Watch her presentation below. You can also watch all PIP presentations here.
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