GAMBLING: Problem gambling put back under spotlight

PROBLEM gambling will once again come under the Productivity Commission's microscope with the economic think tank to update its landmark 1999 study that found 2.1% of Australian adults were addicted to the pokies. A communique after yesterday's Council of Australian Governments meeting in Sydney said that almost a decade after its first study, the commission would do new work to quantify the extent of problem gambling. State governments collect billions from gaming revenue.

Age 4 Jul 2008