1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2008

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The Gambling services industry consists of businesses which derive part of their income from the provision of gambling services (i.e. in the form of gambling takings or commissions). This includes pubs, taverns and bars, hospitality clubs, sporting facilities including horse and dog racing, lotteries and casinos.

GAMBLING ACTIVITY (a) (b) - 2004-05

	Unit	Tasmania

Businesses(c)	no.	139
Net takings from gambling	$m	302.4
Net takings from gambling per head of adult population	$	821

(a) Covers businesses classified to the following classes of the 1993 edition of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC): 5720 Pubs, Taverns and Bars; 5740 Clubs (Hospitality); 9311 Horse and Dog Racing; 9312 Sports Grounds and Facilities not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.); 9319 Sports and Services to Sports n.e.c.; 9321 Lotteries; 9322 Casinos; 9329 Gambling Services n.e.c.
(b) Data for multi-state businesses have been assigned to each state or territory in which the business operates, known as state of location.
(c) At 30 June 2005.
Source: Gambling Services, Australia (cat. no. 8684.0); Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories (cat. no. 3201.0) - population data.