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Table 5 Household expenditure on all gambling activities by income groups, 2006

  Average expenditure Percentage reporting Gaming as % of total income
All households Reporting households All households Reporting households
$ $ % % %
Income after tax 358 493 73 0.5 0.7
Less than $20,000 255 469 54 2.0 3.5
$20,000 to $39,999 355 513 69 1.2 1.7
$40,000 to $59,999 344 446 77 0.7 0.9
$60,000 to $79,999 357 445 80 0.5 0.6
$80,000 and over 461 566 82 0.4 0.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending.