2014 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey

In 2014, the Australian National University (ANU) was commissioned by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Gambling and Racing Commission to conduct a survey on Gambling, Health and Wellbeing in the ACT. This followed similar surveys conducted in 2001 and 2009. The study was conducted by the ANU Centre for Gambling Research (CGR) and its development and objectives informed by an advisory group comprising
academic researchers, policy makers and clinicians with expertise related to gambling. The interviewing was carried out by an accredited market and social research company using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Random digit dialling was used to contact 7,068 ACT residents in late 2014 and early 2015. They provided detailed information on their gambling participation in the past 12 months. Over 2,000 of these people were selected to complete more detailed interviews covering attitudes towards gambling, gambling participation, expenditure, problems and harms as well as physical and mental wellbeing, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, whether they had sought help for gambling related issues and whether they had close family with gambling problems.