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CONTINUED B1 The Melbourne Cup GAMBLER’S HELP LINE 46 Responsible Gambling | Section B: Gambling as a social activity Consumer Affairs Victoria | consumer.vic.gov.au d) What similarities and differences are there between Tom’s and Mick’s attitude to the Cup? e) What do you like about the Melbourne Cup? Is there anything you don’t like? Is the Melbourne Cup more than just about winning money? f) Does the Melbourne Cup “stop” your friends and family? Do you celebrate the Cup in any way? g) Do you think that celebrating the Melbourne Cup in such a big way in our culture encourages young people to gamble? Why? Exercise 4 - The race that stuffs the nation! Small group activity Listen to the poem The Race that Stuffs the Nation at http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2008/11/04/2410079.htm?site=perth It goes for about 2½ minutes. a) Identify the concerns that the poet, Wayne Pantall, has about the Melbourne Cup. Do you agree? 1800 858 858 www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au
CONTINUED B1 The Melbourne Cup GAMBLER’S HELP LINE 47 Responsible Gambling | Section B: Gambling as a social activity Consumer Affairs Victoria | consumer.vic.gov.au b) Is it true that drinking and gambling often go together? What effects could drinking too much have on someone’s gambling behavior? c) Write a short poem (say ten lines) or a short paragraph about how you view the place of the Melbourne Cup in today’s world. Exercise 5 – Murphy’s Law Betting on the races The chance of a tossed coin landing heads is 50/50 or 50%. In other words there is an even chance of the coin landing heads or tails, or a just as much chance of losing as winning if you make a bet on which side is going to land. There are other events where it is possible to calculate the chance of an outcome with some certainty, for example in the throwing of dice. For other events it is not possible to calculate the probability with any certainty. Sometimes a particular outcome may seem a certainty. However, as the saying goes ‘There is no such thing as a sure thing!’ Murphy’s Law illustrates this. Watch the video clip, Murphy’s Law, and consider the following article. Take a tip from Murphy by Belinda Levez Murphy’s law states ‘If anything can go wrong it will go wrong’. It’s creator, U.S. Air Force Captain Ed Murphy, could easily have been talking about horse racing. You spend hours studying the form, sorting out the best jockey and assessing the weights. You pick out the most promising horse. Confident in your selection, you place your bet. Since it can’t fail to lose, you bet a pot of money on it. Then you sit back and wait for it to pass the winning post. Suddenly just when you least expect it up pops Murphy’s Law. There’s a long list of things that can and do go wrong in horseracing. Horses can be temperamental creatures. Just getting a reluctant horse into the starting stalls can sometimes be a problem. The handlers do their best but are no match for a four legged equivalent of the karate kid. Once safely installed the danger isn’t over. The horses can thrash around injuring either themselves or the jockey. On occasion they dig their feet in and simply refuse to race. When I was a betting shop manager in the 80’s, Vodkatini was a horse that was notorious for refusing to race. There was always a last minute rush of bets if the horse decided to co-operate and run. © Belinda Levez 2001 All rights reserved. Source: http://www.horseracingtips.co.uk/articles/Murphy.htm 1800 858 858 www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au
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Page 5 and 6: Introduction to Responsible Gamblin
Page 7 and 8: Victorian Essential Learning Standa
Page 9 and 10: GAMBLER’S HELP LINE 9 Consumer Af
Page 11 and 12: A SECTION A What’s the big deal?
Page 13 and 14: ACONTINUED SECTION A What’s the b
Page 15 and 16: CONTINUED A1 Wanna bet? Why do peop
Page 23 and 24: A2 What are my chances? Introductio
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Page 29 and 30: A3 Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMS
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Page 33 and 34: CONTINUED A4 Scratchies GAMBLER’S
Page 35 and 36: CONTINUED A4 Scratchies a) Why do c
Page 37 and 38: CONTINUED A5 Lotto GAMBLER’S HELP
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Page 41 and 42: BCONTINUED SECTION B Gambling as a
Page 43 and 44: CONTINUED B1 The Melbourne Cup GAMB
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Page 49 and 50: B2 Understanding the odds GAMBLER
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Page 55 and 56: CONTINUED B3 Gambling systems a) Ho
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Page 61 and 62: CONTINUED B4 Poker GAMBLER’S HELP
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Page 65 and 66: C SECTION C The nature of gambling
Page 67 and 68: C1 What is gambling? GAMBLER’S HE
Page 69 and 70: C2 Building awareness - Who gambles
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Page 75 and 76: CONTINUED C3 GAMBLER’S HELP LINE
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Page 79 and 80: D SECTION D What are you gambling w
Page 81 and 82: CONTINUED D1 Consequences for the g
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Page 85 and 86: D2 A vicious circle Exercise 1 - Pr
Page 87 and 88: CONTINUED D2 A vicious circle GAMBL
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Page 91 and 92: D3 Consequences for others Exercise
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CONTINUED E1 Getting the message ou
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CONTINUED E2 Democracy in action GA
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CONTINUED E3 Working it out GAMBLER
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CONTINUED E4 How far should it go?
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CONTINUED F SECTION F All about you
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CONTINUED F1 Getting to know you Ho
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CONTINUED F1 Getting to know you GA
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CONTINUED F2 Relax! GAMBLER’S HEL
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CONTINUED F2 Relax! Exercise 3 - Ho
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CONTINUED F3 Feeling connected Exer
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CONTINUED F3 Feeling connected GAMB
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CONTINUED F4 Problem solving skills
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Resources - Websites and Details Go
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Beat the game Clip 1: Stay in contr
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