Electronic gaming machine environment study – Wave 2 summary

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Author(s): Duffy, Luke

Publisher: Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

Year Published: 2024

Date Added: July 20, 2024

Resource Type: Research report

This report presents findings from a project monitoring electronic gambling machines (i.e., EGMs or 'pokies') in Victoria, Australia. It was funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and is being conducted every 12 months. The aim of the project is to inform the evaluation and improvement of harm minimization policies and approaches in Victorian gambling venues. Survey data were collected from people using pokies in venues and from an online survey for venue staff.

Findings include:

Those at greatest risk included younger people, those on low incomes, and those looking for work or in part-time or casual employment.
Key indicators of risk included making multiple cash withdrawals, withdrawing more than $200, spending more than $200, betting $2 or more per spin most of the time, and gambling for two hours or longer.
Staff appear to not recognize some potentially harmful behaviour, including some of the strongest behavioural indicators of risk identified in the customer survey.
Staff were twice as likely to be at risk according to the Problem Gambling Severity Index and almost twice as likely to experience harm.

Citation: Duffy, L. (2024), Electronic gaming machine environment study – Wave 2 summary. Melbourne, Australia: Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.. Available from: https://responsiblegambling.vic.gov.au/resources/publications/electronic-gaming-machine-environment-study-wave-2-summary-1269/

Keywords: Electronic Gambling Machines (EGMs) ; gambling setting

Topics: Game Types ; Information for Operators ; Slots and VLTs

Conceptual Framework Factors: Exposure - Gambling Setting ; Gambling Exposure

Geographic Coverage: Australia, Victoria

Source Type: Government

Study Funding:

This project was funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.