Chart of the day: How Australians lost almost $24 billion

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Australians are losing almost $24 billion a year to gambling — more per capita than any other nation.

But where's it all going? The answer to that probably sits in the corner of your local club, with the pokies by far the biggest contributor to those losses.

It's worth noting this dataset doesn't include 'interactive gaming' conducted via the internet because those services are banned under the Commonwealth Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

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Topics: gambling, australia

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