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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 EDUCATION KIT 34
What are the odds? a. Before 1980, which gambling activity provided the governments with the most money? b. For the years 1986 to 1991, rank casinos, gaming machines, lotteries and racing from largest to smallest revenue-raisers for the governments. c. Rank the four forms of revenue-raising from largest to smallest for 1994 to 1997. d. In 1991–92 one of the trends in the graph started to change. What happened in 1991 to bring about this change? e. Use the graph to estimate the total amount of money received by the governments in 1996–97 from the four gambling activities. f. What major problem would state and territory governments face if they restricted or made gambling illegal? Resource • To know how ‘you can choose a better deal’ visit http://www.dgr.nsw.gov.au/IMAGES/GAMING/PlaySmart/ brochures/english/2_english.pdf EDUCATION KIT 35
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