Battlers big gamblers

YOUNG men, some aged just 18, who are jobless or on low incomes are among our biggest gamblers.

But Australia’s 193,000 problem gamblers find $6241 on average per year to spend on their favourite flutters.

Figures released by the Australian Gambling Research Centre show an estimated 6.8 million Aussies are regular gamblers. In 2015, the most amount of money was spent on poker, while the least amount went into newsagent scratchies.

The analysis found 7.9 per cent of Australians experienced gambling-related problems that year.