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This is the engagement page for 'How does gambling affect you?'.

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Consultation is now closed.

Impacts of gambling harm in Knox

This is your opportunity to share your thoughts on various topics, including gambling advertising in sporting venues, public health concerns, consequences of gambling products, and education.

We are seeking your views and experiences on gambling to understand how it impacts our community, to update our Electronic Gambling Machine Policy 2025-2028.

Although gambling is a legal form of entertainment, it can cause harm to individuals, families and communities. The negative impacts of gambling may include relationship issues, mental health and financial problems. Anyone can be impacted by gambling harm on a short-term or long-term basis.

In the 2022-2023 financial year, more than $78.3 million, or the equivalent to $614 per adult per year, was lost on electronic gaming machines in Knox. Around 36% of pokies revenue comes from people experiencing gambling problems (see 'The social cost of gambling to Victoria' in References section below')

Gambling is a growing industry, with new online products entering the market e.g. sports betting, apps and gambling in video games.

About the Electronic Gambling Policy

The policy aims to mitigate the negative impacts of electronic gaming, by adopting a gambling harm minimisation approach through various regulatory, education, and advocacy initiatives.

Council’s role and responsibilities are outlined in the policy. This includes being the responsible authority for assessing planning permit applications for electronic gaming machines in venues, supporting educational initiatives on the risks and impacts of gambling-related harms, facilitating access to non-gambling activities, and advocating for electronic gaming machine reform with state-wide partners.

Community feedback from this consultation will help us identify gambling harm minimisation priorities and initiatives to update our policy. In addition, we will research emerging gambling issues, including increased online gambling and new gambling products to inform the new policy.

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Community engagement

    Wednesday 24 July - Wednesday 21 August

  • Timeline item 2 - active

    Development of the draft Electronic Gaming Machine Policy

    Early 2025

  • Timeline item 3 - incomplete

    Draft policy submitted to Council for consideration

    Mid 2025

Engagement Level

For this project we will be engaging our community at the level of Consult on the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Spectrum.
This means we will keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and aspirations, and provide feedback on how public input influenced the decision.

Contact us

Find out more about the Council Plan and this engagement.

Name Community Wellbeing Team
Phone 03 9298 8000
Email lisette.pine@knox.vic.gov.au