Q. Which of the following best describes your regular betting activity?

• Around a third of people are not interested in the Melbourne Cup and will not place a bet on Tuesday (32%). A quarter (26%) will place a bet on the race, despite rarely betting and the same number will watch the race without betting (26%). The remaining 16% say they regularly bet on horse races and will place a bet on the Melbourne Cup.
• Men are more likely than women to bet regularly on horse racing (25% to 8%).
• Despite having less interest in horse racing than other age groups, people aged over 55 are just as likely to watch the Melbourne Cup or place a bet on the race (68%).

Q. For each of the following forms of gambling, which do you think need more or less regulation?

About two thirds of respondents think there should be more regulation of online gambling (68%) and poker machines (62%). 53% think that casinos need more regulation.

Differences by voting intention were –

• Liberal/National voters were less likely to favour more regulation of casinos (47%) and poker machines (55%)
• More regulation of poker machines was more strongly favoured by Greens (74%) and Labor (65%) voters.

Comments »