Responsible gambling awareness week 2016
Responsible gambling awareness week is held annually in May and focuses on the promotion of responsible gambling and services that assist people with problem gambling issues throughout Australia.
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Responsible gambling awareness week 2015
Events
Events for the week are typically organised at a local level and have been hosted and supported by local gambling venues, local councils, problem gambling services, local libraries and educational institutes. which can include morning tea, lunch, talks from gambling help agencies and former gamblers, giveaways and displays in public spaces.
Partners
A steering committee made up of members of the following organisations helps to guide and support Responsible Gambling Awareness Week:
Partners of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation:
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week supporters:
Criticism
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week has received criticism for being a way to deflect attention from the more pressing issues within the gambling industry such as the amount of revenue generated from Poker machines. Both Tim Costello, Chairman for the National Churches Gambling Taskforce, and Dr Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University have criticised the week for involving rather than opposing the gambling industry. In 2013, Dr Livingstone pointed out that Responsible Gambling Awareness Week website had provided links that took a user directly to the websites for TabCorp, Tatts Group and Crown Casino.