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Team Name

PlaySmart

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!Nate and 1 other member with an unpublished profile.

Project Description

PlaySmart is a Youth Gambling Risk Dashboard that helps adolescents visualise the true cost of gambling-like activities. By converting weekly gambling expenditure into tangible alternatives (like trips or gaming consoles), the tool makes abstract financial impacts concrete and relatable. The dashboard also connects users directly to support services, helping young people like Liam make informed decisions about their spending before gambling behaviours become problematic.⁠
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Data Story

PlaySmart uses recent Australian research and datasets to highlight and address youth gambling risks in video games. We drew on the AGRC literature review, ACT's young adult gambling report, and Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation resources (factsheet, student survey). These sources provided key statistics such as the prevalence of loot box use, typical youth spending, and links to gambling harm which we translated into relatable spending visualisations and educational content within our dashboard. Our demo video shows how these data-driven insights inform the user experience and support early intervention.

Evidence of Work

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MoneySmart - Young Australians and Money Management

Description of Use Use this to support awareness on this issue

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Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) - Youth Financial Habits

Description of Use Use this to support awareness on this issue

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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) - Gambling Participation

Description of Use Use this to support awareness on this issue

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Australian Gambling Research Centre (AGRC) - Gaming and Gambling Convergence

Description of Use Use this to support awareness on this issue

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Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - Youth Gambling

Description of Use Use this to support awareness on this issue

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Young Adults Gambling Online in the ACT

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Harms associated with loot boxes, simulated gambling and other ingame purchases in video games: a review of the evidence

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Loot boxes: how children are being exposed to gambling-like harm in video games

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The prevalence and correlates of gambling in secondary school students in Victoria, Australia, 2017

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Challenge Entries

Data-Driven Reduction in Gambling Harm for Stronger Community Resilience

How might we use public data to understand and reduce gambling harm in our communities — from protecting young people online to identifying at-risk neighbourhoods and addressing the long-term impacts on families and social connection?

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