Editing Problem gambling (section)

===Impact (Australia)===
According to the Productivity Commission's 2010 final report into gambling, the social cost of problem gambling is close to 4.7 billion dollars a year. Some of the harms resulting from problem gambling include depression, suicide, lower work productivity, job loss, relationship breakdown, crime and bankruptcy.<ref name="auto">[https://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/95680/gambling-report-volume1.pdf Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Gambling, Vol 1, 2010]</ref> A survey conducted in 2008 found that the most common motivation for [[fraud]] was problem gambling, with each incident averaging a loss of $1.1 million.<ref name="auto"/> According to Darren R. Christensen. Nicki A. Dowling, Alun C. Jackson and Shane A. Thomas, a survey done from 1994 to 2008 in Tasmania gave results that gambling participation rates have risen rather than fallen over this period.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Christensen|first1=Darren R.|last2=Dowling|first2=Nicki A.|last3=Jackson|first3=Alun C.|last4=Thomas|first4=Shane A.|date=2015-12-01|title=Gambling Participation and Problem Gambling Severity in a Stratified Random Survey: Findings from the Second Social and Economic Impact Study of Gambling in Tasmania|journal=Journal of Gambling Studies|volume=31|issue=4|pages=1317–1335|doi=10.1007/s10899-014-9495-9|issn=1573-3602|pmid=25167843|s2cid=23762935|hdl=11343/283028|hdl-access=free}}</ref>