Education kit: What are the odds? - Powerhouse Museum

In this production still from the
Australian film The sentimental bloke,
the ‘blokes’ are playing the game of
two-up.
What are the odds?
Gambling and social issues: try this quick quiz
Read the following statements then circle the if
you think the statement is true, if you think it is
false and for don’t know.
1. On average, people in North America spend
more on legalised gambling each year than
do Australians.
2. Australian gamblers lose more than
$15 billion per year.
3. More than 75% of the money lost in gambling
in NSW is lost on poker machines.
4. The government of NSW was the first
Australian government to profit from lotteries.
5. In Australia less than 5% of money raised by
state governments comes from lotteries and
gambling taxes.
6. Adults are just as likely as high school
students to develop gambling problems.
7. In Australia gambling on horses is the most
popular gambling activity for problem
gamblers.
8. A higher percentage of teenagers than adults
have serious gambling problems.
9. More male than female high school students
gamble regularly.
10. Levels of gambling in Australia haven’t
changed much in the past 20 years.
11. Less than 2% of Australian adults have a
problem with gambling.
12. One in ten problem gamblers in Australia
consider suicide.
EDUCATION KIT 32