This Request for Tender is seeking the services of an appropriately qualified
consultant to undertake a Social and Economic Impact Study into Gambling in
Tasmania. This Study is required to be undertaken pursuant to the provisions
of the Gaming Control Act 1993 and will be the first of what will become a
longitudinal study into the impacts of gambling in Tasmania.
The scope and objectives of this Study are as follows:
establish a framework and methodology to enable the research to be repeated and
used for longitudinal analysis;
quantify and assess the broad social impacts of gambling in Tasmania;
analyse the economic impacts of gambling in Tasmania and quantify the financial
impacts upon the State and local government, as well as an assessment of its
effect upon tourism, recreation, economic development and employment; and
identify the incidence of problem gambling in Tasmania and analyse that in
comparison with other States and Territories.