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$52 billion gambled in 3 months

February 14, 2006 on 4:32 pm | In Slot machine articles online |

Aussies gambled $52 billion dollars in just the last three months of 2005 - around $2500 per person.

Actual player losses on gambling were $1.97 billion dollars for the same period. This translates into roughly $8 billion dollars in gambling losses over a year.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Gambling now represents 40% of the turnover of hotels and licenced clubs - and 3.7% of total retail turnover in the country - and a massive 7% of total retail turnover in the State of New South Wales. No real surprise there, New South Wales has over 100,000 slot machines.