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Table 61: Main reason to play cards or gamble, by selected gambling activity, per centCards Pokies Lotto All activitiesHaving fun 19.3 39.5 29.3 36.0Spending time with family or friends 48.1 17.7 3.7 21.6Escaping problems and stresses 0.0 8.8 0.0 3.7Going out to a safe, relaxing place 0.7 16.3 1.2 8.7Winning money for extras 21.5 7.4 40.2 17.2Wining money to live on 9.6 0.9 14.6 4.9Other 0.7 9.3 11.0 8.0Number of respondents 135 215 82 575Note:The gambling activity refers to the one the respondent spent most of their money on during the month before the interview.Of the people with a gambling problem, less than one-fifth(18.8 per cent) lived in the same household as the child. Of322 respondents who experienced a gambling problemor had a close family member affected by it, 9.3 per centreported that the affected person had received somehelp with the problem; a further 53.4 per cent reportedthat the affected person knew where to get help butwould not get it. The remainder responded that theperson with the gambling problem would not want help(25.5 per cent), wanted help but did not know where toget it (5.3 per cent) or knew where to get help but noservices were available in their area (3.1 per cent). Figure28 shows that, for people in the areas with low or noisolation, the majority of problem gamblers knew whereto get help but did not want it while, in the moderately toextremely isolated areas people were more likely to notknow where to get help, or not to have services availablein their area.Figure 28: ‘Does the person with a gambling problem know where to get help?’ by LORI, per centNote:The percentages refer to 322 primary carers who said that they or someone close to them had a gambling problem and who didnot respond ’don’t know’ to the question whether the person affected knew where to get help.Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children | Key Summary Report from Wave 371