... and then $10M a year

Poker machine revenue on the Peninsula could drop by $10 million a year if problem gambling was eliminated, according to some estimates.

The annual poker machine revenue for the Peninsula of $25.6 million, represents an expenditure of around $750 a year for every adult in the Peninsula's postcode areas.

The Productivity Commission has estimated that around 40 per cent poker machine revenue comes from problem gamblers, who represent between 0.5 and one per cent of the population.

If these national estimates applied here, registered clubs on the Peninsula would stand to lose $10 million a year if problem gambling was eliminated.

According to these estimates, the Peninsula would have between 150 and 300 problem gamblers who lose between about $30,000 and $60,000 a year.

Clubs Australia estimates that 20 per cent of the population accounts for 90 per cent of poker machine revenue.

On the Peninsula, that represents an average expenditure of $3615 a year from these people.

Around 55 per cent of the population does not use poker machines.

Report, 23 Jun 2010 Productivity Commission Submission, 28 Jan 2011 Clubs Australia