GAMBLING INDUSTRIES
PURPOSE
To collect economic data on businesses mainly engaged in providing gambling services in Australia.
DESCRIPTION
The Gambling Industries survey covers businesses in ANZSIC Class 9321 Lotteries and ANZSIC Class 9329 Gambling Services n.e.c. ANZSIC Class 9321 Lotteries comprises businesses mainly engaged in operating lotteries or in selling lottery tickets. ANZSIC Class 9329 Gambling Services n.e.c. comprises businesses mainly engaged in providing totalisator, betting or other gambling services (except casinos or lotteries). Data are collected by mail-out questionnaire sent to a sample of businesses classified to those ANZSIC classes in the ABS business register.
Details of the survey of businesses in the other gambling industry, ANZSIC Class 9322 Casinos, may be found in the Casinos entry. Gambling activity is also undertaken in Clubs (hospitality), Pubs, taverns and bars, and in some sporting clubs and venues (see Sports industries). There are other businesses providing minor gambling services, such as newsagencies which sell lottery or lotto tickets. These businesses are excluded from the suite of surveys of gambling activity as they are not significant in terms of total gambling activity.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Every three years.
DATA ITEMS
Number of gambling businesses
The number of businesses mainly engaged in providing gambling services as at the end of the reference period.
Type of gambling business
Lottery or lotto operators
Lottery or lotto agencies
Totalisator and TAB operators
TAB agencies
Bookmakers
Other gambling services n.e.c.
Business characteristics
Employment size
Operating profit before tax
Operating profit margin
Selected performance ratios
Employment
Employment may be categorised by:
Working proprietors and partners
Permanent full-time employees
Permanent part-time employees
Casual employees
Sex of employed person
Main occupation of employees (not available from 2004-05)
Managers and administrative staff
Bookmakers and bookmakers' clerks
Telephone betting and customer service staff
Computer service and information technology staff
Other
Income items
The items which make up the income of gambling industries include:
Takings from lotteries, lotto style games and football pools
Takings from instant money sales
Takings from Keno
Net takings from poker/gaming machines
Turnover from on-course totalisator sales (Thoroughbred, harness and greyhound betting; Other gambling)
Turnover from off-course TAB sales (Thoroughbred, harness and greyhound betting; Other gambling)
Bookmaker's turnover
Takings and payouts
Gross takings
Payouts to players
Net takings
Expenditure items
The items which make up the expenses of gambling industries include:
Labour costs (including wages and salaries; employer contributions to superannuation funds; worker's compensation costs)
Gambling or gaming taxes or levies
Commission expenses paid to agencies
Advertising, marketing, promotion and sponsorship expenses
Telecommunication services
Purchases (goods for resale)
Geographic area
Australia, States and Territories
HISTORICAL DATA
Data have been collected in respect of 1994-95, 1997-98, 2000-01 and 2004-05.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Gambling Industries, Australia, Cat. no. 8684.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $25.00. Released three-yearly.
Other
National Sport and Recreation Industry Database and Directory (NSRIDD).
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Manager
Service Industry Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5633
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 5249
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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