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Queenslanders bet over $56b last year, but less than one per cent of that went to preventing further harm (www.abc.net.au)

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Frick me, that's a lot of money to throw away for a dopamine hit

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Queensland government made $1.9 billion in gambling taxes last year, but only spent 0.6 per cent on harm minimisation programs.

A damning Queensland Audit Office report has taken aim at the state government's "inadequate" harm reduction strategies.

The independent auditor found gambling taxes and levies increased 43 per cent over the past five years, but the amount spent on harm minimisation barely budged.

The report found the Department of Justice and Attorney-General's harm minimisation programs were hampered by low government funding and poor management.

The department had spent $200,000 putting awareness brochures in GP clinics over the last five years, without "adequate evaluations" of the program's effectiveness, according to the report.

Justice department data shows Queensland gambling losses have climbed 36 per cent since 2018-19, a total of $25.2 billion over five years.

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