Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world according analysis from The Australia Institute.

The rise in popularity of online and sports betting means that more and more young Australians are gambling – over 900,000 teenagers gambled in the past year, which is enough to fill the MCG nine times over. Almost one in three 12-17-year-old Australians now gamble, as do almost half of 18-19-year-olds. 

A 2023 government inquiry (the Murphy Review) made numerous recommendations that would help curb Australia’s growing gambling problem, and Australia Institute research shows that there is popular support for measures to ban gambling advertising. You can read the full results here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/polling-bans-on-gambling-advertising/