The following resources can be used or modified to be used in Health Education Units.

Unit A: Personal Health

• Gambling: Minimising health risks (PDF 325 K) (Level 6 Module) 
• Voices (PDF 140 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Responsible Gambling Melbourne Cup Style (PDF 315 K) (Idea Sheet)

Unit B: Peer and Family Health

• Gambling and Health: Communication skills (PDF 1,805 K) (Level 5 Module) -
• Voices (PDF 140 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) (Idea Sheet)
• The games we play (PDF 155 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Responsible Gambling Melbourne Cup Style (PDF 315 K) (Idea Sheet)

Unit C: Community and Environmental Health

• The games we play (PDF 155 K) (Idea Sheet)
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)

Unit D :: Health of Specific Populations

• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K) (Idea Sheet)

Studying gambling through mathematics allows students to challenge myths that are associated with gambling. Gambling also provides a topical, relevant context to learn about probability.

The Mathematics A (PDF 615 K) and Mathematics B (PDF 695 K) Responsible Gambling modules examine many of the social and mathematical concepts that surround gambling.

Responsible gambling resources can be used within an English unit to provide contextualised, relevant learning experiences.

The following resources can be used in English units:

• The games we play (PDF 155 K) (Idea Sheet)
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Voices (PDF 140 K) (Idea Sheet)
• Melbourne Cup style (PDF 315 K) (Idea Sheet)

Responsible gambling education resources can be introduced as learning experiences in a range of English Communication Contexts.

1. Work

2. Community

3. Leisure

The Responsible Gambling Teaching Resource Kit offers an excellent foundation for undertaking Unit 5 - the in-depth investigation of a social issue. 

The following Idea Sheets could be used as separate themes to underpin in-depth investigation of issues or aspects of them can be combined to ensure that Unit 5 covers a range of issues and supports students in their investigation:

Social and Community Studies incorporates the sets of skills that are considered necessary for all people to be able to function with a reasonable degree of efficiency and wellbeing in contemporary and future life situations.

The following Social and Community Studies electives could address the topic of gambling using the suggested resources from the Teaching Resource Kit:

Health, recreation and leisure - get a life: Personal management and management of relationships.

• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) 
• Voices (PDF 140 K) 

Today's society - the real world :: personal management, management of relationships, resources management and community participation.

• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) 
• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K) 
• The games we play (PDF 155 K) 
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K) 
• Voices (PDF 140 K) 

How to be a discerning consumer:: personal management, resources management and community participation.

• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K) 
• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K)

  • The games we play (PDF 155 K) 
  • As time goes by (PDF 150 K) 
  • Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) 

Personal economics - money management :: personal management and resources management.

• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K)
• Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) 
• Voices (PDF 140 K)

Teachers can utilise the material contained within the Responsible Gambling Teaching Resource Kit in the development of both summative and formative assessment tasks within Senior Drama.

Relevant resources include the Level 4 Arts Module (PDF 775 K) and a number of Idea Sheets:

• Voices (PDF 140 K) 
• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) 
• The games we play (PDF 155 K) 
• Dial a debt (PDF 150 K) 
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K)

Gambling is marketed as an entertainment choice, gambling is central to many media texts, and many forms of gambling are converging as a result of new media technologies.

Idea Sheets that can provide valuable learning experiences in the context of Film, Television and New Media include:

The Responsible Gambling Teaching Resource Kit provides learning opportunities that let students either Make or Appraise images or objects related to a topical issue.

Idea Sheets linked to studies in Visual Arts include:

• Voices (PDF 140 K) 
• Bully bookies (PDF 265 K) 
• The games we play (PDF 155 K) 
• As time goes by (PDF 150 K)
• Youth media campaign (PDF 350 K)

Gaming in the hospitality industry has experienced significant growth and development in recent years.

Teachers may choose to consult the The Queensland Responsible Gambling Code of Practice Industry Training Kit, an informal training resource based on the Queensland Responsible Gambling Code of Practice, when covering the topic of gaming in clubs and hotels. 

The Industry Training Kit aims to create responsible gambling environments that minimise harm to individuals, their families and to the broader community.

Responsible gambling Idea Sheets that may be of use include:

• Gaming machines are big business (PDF 170 K) 
• The games we play (PDF 155 K)
• Voices (PDF 140 K) 

Relevant information on this website includes:

• The Policy Direction for Gambling 
• The Queensland Responsible Gambling Strategy 
• The Queensland Responsible Gambling Industry Code of Practice and associated Responsible Gambling Resource Manuals for each industry sector
• The Queesland Responsible Gambling Code of Practice Industry Training Kit
• The Review of the Code of Practice
• reports on the activities of the Responsible Gambling Advisory Committee
• copies of published research papers
• information on Gambling Help services

Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation

The Office of Gaming, Liqour and Racing website has information about:

• gambling legislation
• gambling statistics
• publications
• forms and procedures for licensing applications
• corporate profile