These were the only Australian surveys to provide mean gambling expenditure statistics at the time of writing. Comparison with the two national gambling surveys suggests that the monthly gamblers identified in the HILDA Survey represented approximately 60% of Australians who gambled in the past year. Around two-thirds of past-year lottery participants were represented, indicating that most buy tickets on a regular basis. Casino table gaming was an occasional event for most, with only 15% of past-year participants represented in the HILDA Survey. Among this subset of regular gamblers, there were more sociodemographic similarities than differences. This report makes a unique contribution to knowledge of gambling in Australia, since Australia has…