Most of Australia’s gambling dollars spent on poker machines

News Maker – Poker machines accounted for 60% ($9.8 billion) of the $16.3 billion spent by Australians on gambling within the ONE YEAR to March 2014, well prior to race betting and lotteries consistent with the newest results from the Roy Morgan Gambling Monitor.

Australians spent $2.5 billion on race betting and $1.7 billion on lotteries, or 15% and 10% of the yearly gambling spend respectively.

The different kinds of gambling make up the remainder 15% — including sports betting ($0.9 billion or 5%), casino table games ($0.6 billion or 4%), Keno ($0.5 billion or 3%), and scratch tickets ($0.3 billion or 2%).

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