Illustrating the Human Impact of EGM Gambling Losses:
Annual Municipal EGM losses, expressed as the number of children who could be fed for a year
The human magnitude of EGM Losses in Brimbank
EGM gambling losses in Brimbank in 2018/19, of $143 million, are equivalent to the cost of feeding 57400 children for one year.
Basis of this Estimate:
Based on the findings of the Food Basket Survey*, which concluded that in 2014 the cost of providing a balanced, nutritious diet to an adult was $126 per fortnight - which has been adjusted here by the Melbourne CPI to $137 in 2019 – equal to $69 per week. The weekly cost for a child has then been estimated at $48 p.w, or $2,493 per annum - based on the proposition that the cost of living for a child is 70% that of an adult – in accord with the OECD equivalence scales used to estimate the prevalence of poverty.
Finally, 2018/19 EGM gambling losses of $143 million in Brimbank are divided by $2,493 to give 57323 – the number of children whom these gambling losses could feed for a year, a figure which is rounded to the nearest 100 in the comment above.
|
Government Area |
Losses 2018/19 |
Children Fed |
|
Alpine |
4,349,592 |
1,745 |
|
Ararat |
5,127,078 |
2,057 |
|
Ballarat |
57,540,687 |
23,081 |
|
Banyule |
57,758,109 |
23,168 |
|
Bass Coast |
17,616,911 |
7,067 |
|
Baw Baw |
17,178,585 |
6,891 |
|
Bayside |
13,807,870 |
5,539 |
|
Benalla |
5,510,447 |
2,210 |
|
Boroondara |
20,450,974 |
8,203 |
|
Brimbank |
142,904,248 |
57,322 |
|
Campaspe |
8,863,074 |
3,555 |
|
Cardinia |
28,545,147 |
11,450 |
|
Casey |
132,360,622 |
53,093 |
|
Central Goldfields |
7,457,634 |
2,991 |
|
Colac-Otway |
7,990,796 |
3,205 |
|
Corangamite |
2,760,823 |
1,107 |
|
Darebin |
81,576,110 |
32,722 |
|
East Gippsland |
25,103,672 |
10,070 |
|
Frankston |
62,253,455 |
24,971 |
|
Gannawarra |
1,942,269 |
779 |
|
Glen Eira |
74,244,677 |
29,781 |
|
Glenelg |
7,039,926 |
2,824 |
|
Greater Bendigo |
50,671,968 |
20,326 |
|
Greater Dandenong |
119,311,878 |
47,859 |
|
Greater Geelong |
119,070,099 |
47,762 |
|
Greater Shepparton |
34,161,100 |
13,703 |
|
Hepburn |
2,656,922 |
1,066 |
|
Hobsons Bay |
47,042,974 |
18,870 |
|
Horsham |
9,923,476 |
3,981 |
|
Hume |
111,695,894 |
44,804 |
|
Kingston |
85,701,350 |
34,377 |
|
Knox |
73,890,071 |
29,639 |
|
Latrobe |
46,054,600 |
18,474 |
|
Macedon Ranges |
9,594,190 |
3,848 |
|
Manningham |
56,358,630 |
22,607 |
|
Mansfield |
1,533,604 |
615 |
|
Maribyrnong |
57,257,925 |
22,967 |
|
Maroondah |
62,861,489 |
25,215 |
|
Melbourne |
84,505,932 |
33,897 |
|
Melton |
67,781,775 |
27,189 |
|
Mildura |
29,990,565 |
12,030 |
|
Mitchell |
18,943,555 |
7,599 |
|
Moira |
4,083,578 |
1,638 |
|
Monash |
110,209,895 |
44,208 |
|
Moonee Valley |
77,650,759 |
31,148 |
|
Moorabool |
9,683,822 |
3,884 |
|
Moreland |
63,600,000 |
25,511 |
|
Mornington Peninsula |
83,357,567 |
33,437 |
|
Mount Alexander |
2,991,062 |
1,200 |
|
Murrindindi |
1,442,753 |
579 |
|
Nillumbik |
9,850,088 |
3,951 |
|
Northern Grampians |
4,073,506 |
1,634 |
|
Port Phillip |
28,426,651 |
11,403 |
|
South Gippsland |
6,396,813 |
2,566 |
|
Southern Grampians |
6,239,013 |
2,503 |
|
Stonnington |
19,862,345 |
7,967 |
|
Strathbogie |
1,483,874 |
595 |
|
Surf Coast |
3,639,388 |
1,460 |
|
Swan Hill |
8,486,158 |
3,404 |
|
Towong |
217,960 |
87 |
|
Wangaratta |
8,873,356 |
3,559 |
|
Warrnambool |
19,365,549 |
7,768 |
|
Wellington |
21,540,736 |
8,640 |
|
Whitehorse |
52,795,624 |
21,178 |
|
Whittlesea |
110,856,168 |
44,467 |
|
Wodonga |
7,643,163 |
3,066 |
|
Wyndham |
106,057,102 |
42,542 |
|
Yarra |
30,265,707 |
12,140 |
|
Yarra Ranges |
29,226,804 |
11,724 |
|
Victoria |
2,699,710,143 |
1,082,916 |
|
Melbourne metro. |
2,102,467,839 |
843,349 |
Source: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/gx/pages/2218/attachments/original/1568710124/EGM_Losses_-_equivalence_to_children_fed_in_a_year.xlsx?1568710124