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Table 5 Household expenditure on all gambling activities by income groups, 2005

  Average expenditure Percentage reporting Gaming as % of total income
All households Reporting households All households Reporting households
$ $ % % %
Income after tax 380 549 69 0.6 0.8
Less than $20,000 277 491 57 2.0 3.6
$20,000 to $39,999 358 539 66 1.2 1.8
$40,000 to $59,999 383 527 73 0.8 1.1
$60,000 to $79,999 412 555 74 0.6 0.8
$80,000 and over 465 618 75 0.4 0.5
Source: Survey of Household Spending