Education kit: What are the odds? - Powerhouse Museum

9. Taxation revenue, Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Australia.
Budgets and gambling
What are the odds?
1. Christine made a budget. The sector graph (left) shows how she
plans to spend her take-home pay.
a. Christine plans to save $70 per week. How much is her weekly
take-home pay?
b. How much is Christine’s rent per week?
c. From which part of her budget should Christine take her money
for gambling?
d. What is the maximum amount Christine’s budget allows for
gambling each week?
e. Suggest some things Christine won’t be able to do if she
spends the maximum amount her budget allows on gambling.
2. Last year Australia’s 300 000 problem gamblers each lost an
average of $12 000.
a. What was the total amount lost by problem gamblers last year?
b. Every problem gambler has an emotional or financial impact on
between five to ten people. Estimate the total number of
people that are affected either emotionally or financially by
problem gamblers.
c. The population of Australia is 20 million. What percentage of
the population is effected either emotionally or financially, by
problem gambling?
3. The graph shows the total money received by Australian state and
territory governments from four forms of gambling, from 1972 to
1997. 9
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