This discussion paper provides a ‘State of Play’ on where online or interactive gambling currently sits in relation to the legislative and regulatory environment, what the implications are for existing and new gamblers (particularly ‘sports bettors’), and for existing and potentially new problem gambling behaviours. It provides a brief summary of existing and emergent research and what this is beginning to reveal about these increasingly accessible gambling forms. It concludes by outlining a series of questions to be addressed through further, informed research into this rapidly expanding market for Victorian and more generally, for Australian, consumers.
