You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
Skip to the main content

Home

Impacts of gambling in Knox

Listen

More than $78.3 million per year, or the equivalent to $614 per adult, is lost on gaming machines in Knox.

Around 36% of pokies revenue comes from people experiencing gambling problems.

Although gambling is a legal form of entertainment, it can have negative impacts on relationships, mental health and financial problems.

Council’s role in minimising harm from gambling 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.

We are developing a new policy to mitigate the negative impacts of electronic gaming.

Our new policy will pick up on emerging gambling issues, including increased online gambling and new gambling products.

We want to hear your experiences of gambling and its impacts to help inform our policy.

Feedback closes Wednesday 21 August 2024.

Visit our Have your say webpage to provide feedback.

 

What's happening

Newsletter

Stay up to date with our newsletter

Subscribe
subscribe icon

Was this page helpful?
Back to top
Please select why
If you would like a response, please use the Contact us form instead.
Was this page helpful?
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.