4. PROBLEM GAMBLERS
• Five million affected- themselves, families, employers.
• Social cost to community = $4.7 billion.
• Only 15% seek help.
• Three quarters have problems with poker machines.
5. PROBLEM GAMBLERS
• Lose around $21,000 each year (one third of salary).
• Productivity Commission recommend pre-commitment.
9. CLUBS AUSTRALIA
• Pokies= 40-60% of each club’s total revenue.
• Cost to industry est. $3 billion.
• Canterbury Leagues: Installation- $9.54 million
Annual Income Reduction- $27.4 million.
10. ‘To propagate the game of rugby
league at junior and senior
levels and to generally support
the community’.
11.
12. RUGBY LEAGUE
• Continues to grow and develop:
*3.2 million Australians watched 2011 NRL Grand Final live
on free-to-air.
*One fifth of Australians ‘must watch’ State of Origin.
*NRL provides employment for 20,500 people.
13. ST GEORGE LEAGUES
• Cut 200 jobs
• No funding to Dragons NRL team from 2014.