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Briefing Paper No. 16/1996 by John Wilkinson
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- there has been a long history of government recourse to revenue
from gambling (pp.4-5)
- racing, poker machine playing and lotteries have expanded
significantly in New South Wales during the first half of the twentieth
century, but racing has declined in recent years (pp.6-14)
- governments tend to look to revenue from gambling in periods of
decline in business activity (pp.14-16)
- a basic economic and financial breakdown of gambling, and New
South Wales government revenue from gambling, is presented (pp.16-21)
- NSW government revenue raising from racing, poker machine
playing and lotteries has expanded significantly during this century (pp.21-33)
- the development of casinos in Australia and in New South Wales
is outlined (pp.33-38)
- poker machine gambling is the biggest area of gambling but its
contribution to government revenue is not that far ahead of revenue raised from
racing and lotteries (pp.27-30)
- some issues connected with gambling are discussed - including
government intentions towards revenue raising from gambling; the possible
social impact of government revenue raising from gambling; and the possible
social effects of this fiscal strategy (pp.39-47)
