Five interactive charts on Australia's gambling habit, built in R for a Data Visualisation assignment (pitched in the style of The Conversation). Using official Australian Gambling Statistics (40th edition), they trace how wagering — betting on racing and sport — has become the fastest-growing slice of a $32-billion-a-year national habit, now a quarter of all gambling losses. Data: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (CC BY 4.0).

Five interactive charts on Australia's gambling habit, built in R for a Data Visualisation assignment (pitched in the style of The Conversation). Using official Australian Gambling Statistics (40th edition), they trace how wagering — betting on racing and sport — has become the fastest-growing slice of a $32-billion-a-year national habit, now a quarter of all gambling losses. Data: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (CC BY 4.0).

Five interactive charts on Australia's gambling habit, built in R for a Data Visualisation assignment (pitched in the style of The Conversation). Using official Australian Gambling Statistics (40th edition), they trace how wagering — betting on racing and sport — has become the fastest-growing slice of a $32-billion-a-year national habit, now a quarter of all gambling losses. Data: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (CC BY 4.0).