Ok more up to date figures are from the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Gambling in 2010. This looks at everything
You can get all the different downloads at
http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/gambling-2009/report
But the one I'm most interest in is
Chapter 2 A snapshot of the gambling industry (PDF - 220 Kb)
From page 2.1
Key points
The strong growth of the gambling industry during the 1990s appears to be over.
– Around $19 billion was spent by consumers on Australian gambling products in
2008-09. This is an increase from almost $17 billion in 1998-99 and around
$7 billion in 1988-89 (in 2008-09 dollars).
– Gambling comprised 3.1 per cent of household consumption expenditure in
2008-09, down from 3.9 per cent in 1998-99.
– Limited data suggest that participation rates for gambling have also declined.
The surge in expenditure growth in the 1990s was largely due to the liberalisation of
gaming.
Gambling expenditure is dominated by electronic gaming machines (EGMs),
although growth in EGM spending has slowed.
– Australians spent around $10.5 billion on EGMs in clubs and hotels and around
$1.4 billion on EGMs in casinos in 2008-09.
– While EGM expenditure growth had already slowed, the introduction of state
smoking bans for gaming machine areas caused a sizeable abrupt decline in
each jurisdiction. Real EGM expenditure growth rates have not yet returned to
pre-ban levels.
– A reduction in the number of machines observed in some jurisdictions has not
always led to reductions in EGM expenditure.
– While EGM usage is less common than in 1999, average real expenditure per
EGM user appears to have risen.
Growth in casino gaming revenue has slowed in the last ten years. Competitive
pressures from overseas were a factor during the 2000s, and this is likely to
continue.
Real expenditure on race wagering has been relatively stable for the last twenty
years. Sports wagering continued to grow strongly in the 2000s, although it still
comprises a relatively small share of overall wagering expenditure.
Some evidence suggests that online gambling (including illegal gaming) has grown
significantly in the 2000s, and could amount to 4 per cent of gambling expenditure.
From page 2.2
Box 2.1 Forms of legal gambling in Australia
Gaming comprises all legal forms of gambling other than wagering — including
lotteries, gaming machines, casino table games and keno. Minor gaming is the
collective name given to art unions, raffles, lucky envelopes and the like.
Electronic gaming machines (EGMs) are based on random number generation
where wins are generally represented by matched icons. The games are
non-strategic, although players may control the stakes. Less common are
multi-terminal gaming machines (MTGMs), which accommodate several players and
usually simulate games such as drawcard blackjack and roulette. EGMs and
MTGMs are generally counted together in EGM caps.
Lotteries come in various forms, including lotto, pools and instant lotteries (or
‘scratchies’). Lotto is played by choosing numbers in anticipation that those
numbers will be amongst the winning numbers selected randomly through various
means.
Keno is a game where a player wagers that chosen numbers will match any of the
20 numbers randomly selected from a group of 80 numbers via a computer system
or a ball drawing device. It is an electronic form of bingo and is typically played in
clubs, casinos and hotels.
Table games involve laying bets on games such as baccarat, blackjack and
roulette.
Wagering is another name for betting — to stake something (usually money) on the
outcome of a contest or any uncertain event or matter. The principal forms are racing
a nd sports betting.
From pages 2.9 to 2.11
Gambling tax revenue
In total, state taxes (not including GST) accounted for 26 per cent of gambling
expenditure in 2008–09.
Gambling provides on average one-tenth of own-state tax
revenue across Australia (table 2.5). The states which rely more heavily on
gambling revenue are not necessarily those with the largest industries.
Jurisdictions with the largest gambling industries, as measured by aggregate
expenditure, also record the largest amounts of gambling tax revenue. However, per
capita gambling tax revenue does not vary in accordance with per capita
expenditure. For instance, while gambling consumption was $90 more per adult in
New South Wales than in Victoria in 2008-09 (table 2.1), the Victorian industry
contributed $94 more tax revenue per adult. This reflects the fact that each state has
different effective tax rates and, in this sense, the profitability of the gambling
industry is different in each state.
Different forms of gambling also contribute differently in each state. EGMs
comprise the single largest source of gambling tax revenue for all states and
territories except Western Australia (figure 2.4). In five states and territories, EGMs
from clubs and hotels alone provide over 50 per cent of such revenue. EGMs also
provide the majority of gambling tax revenue in Tasmania if clubs, hotels and
casinos are all included (around 64 per cent).
Lotteries and pools provide the majority of gambling tax revenue in Western
Australia, and they comprise the second largest source of gambling tax revenue in
all other jurisdictions except the Northern Territory. The considerable tax revenues
associated with lotteries in various jurisdictions are in contrast to their relatively
smaller share of gambling expenditure (figure 2.4). This indicates that effective tax
rates for lottery products are higher than for other forms of gambling. Some lotteries
(such as in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia) are also
state-owned.
Online betting and wagering services are categorised differently across the
jurisdictions. Tasmania categorises such expenditure as interactive gambling, while
the Northern Territory categorises revenue from online bookmakers as either racing
or sportsbetting. Interactive (online) gambling services account for around
6 per cent of Tasmania’s gambling tax revenue, which is more than in any other
state or territory — largely reflecting the activities of the Betfair betting exchange
which established operations in that state in 2006 (figure 2.4). Interactive gambling
had also been a feature of the Northern Territory’s tax revenue up until the closure
of Lasseters online casino in 2007, although at less than 1 per cent of their gambling
tax revenue.
Total Tax Revenue collected by state and territory governments in 2008-09 $5,014 million
(a) Total state tax revenue does not include local government tax revenue or goods and services tax (GST) revenue.