Responsible gambling - Consumer Affairs Victoria

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SECTION A
What’s the big deal?
GAMBLER’S HELP LINE
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Responsible Gambling | Section A: What’s the big deal?
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A3 – Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs or Pokies)
Exercise 1 – the Powerhouse Museum activity is from NSW but the information is relevant to Victoria.
A4 - Scratchies
Exercise 3 – this scratch card scam is typical of those involving mobile phone SMS messages that
trigger an ongoing subscription. A more general class discussion could be held on these kind of
promotions. Consumer Affairs Victoria has information on scams, including phone scams and lottery
scams at:
consumer.vic.gov.au > Scams and Alerts > view all scams and alerts >scams in Victoria
A5 - Lotto
Exercise 3: Answers for the missing figures in the table are:
Title 8 – 1: 290,895 Title 9 – 11:96,965 Title 10 – 1138,786 Title 11 – 11:17,630
Title 12 – 11:8815 Title 13 – 11:4747 Title 14 – 11:2712 Title 15 – 11:1627
The Exercise 3 answers are:
b) 814,506 C) $101,813.25 d) $180 e) $180-$25 = $155
Assessment strategies
A1 - The extension activity in Exercise 4 could be used as assessment of the reasons for gambling.
A2 - Exercise 3 can be used to assess basic knowledge of random probability and Exercise 6 for
learning about gamblers’ fallacy and other concepts such as house edge, in the context of roulette.
A3 – Observations of student reactions and feelings as they play the pokies simulator can be used
by both the teacher and students to assess belief in the gamblers’ fallacy. Class discussion of
the Catalyst episode in Exercise 3 could form assessment for learning in that it will help indicate
students’ knowledge of probability and their current view of gambling in Australian culture
Exercise 3 could be used to assess learning about gamblers’ fallacy in the context of EGMs.
A4 – The extension activity at the end of the section could be widened to assess a range of learning.
A5 – Exercise 1 could be used to assess gamblers’ fallacy in the context of Lotto.
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