Risk warning facts & sources
These are the real-world facts shown in the risk warning before a player sells an asset or takes another risky action. Every one of them needs a cited source and a clinical sign-off.
An unsigned fact is NOT published — the check is in the data layer, not just the interface.
The matching rule: each risky action needs at least one signed-off fact before that action can go live. A fact with an empty source field cannot be saved as publishable and cannot enter the review queue.
You are in read and sign-off mode. Writing and editing facts sits with the content admin. If the wording needs changing, send it back with notes rather than editing it yourself — that is what keeps a clean record of who wrote it and who approved it.
Coverage by risky action
| Risky action | Signed-off facts | Publish status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortgage the House | 2 | Ready to publish | F-023 and F-031 signed off |
| Quit work to keep playing | 1 | Ready to publish | F-028 in use · F-026 is waiting on your sign-off |
| Take a high-interest payday loan | 0 | Cannot publish | F-027 still has no source · the action stays locked |
| Sell the car Phase 2 | 2 | Ready to publish | F-022 and F-030 signed off |
| Borrow from friends Phase 2 | 1 | Ready to publish | F-025 in use · F-024 sent back for rewording |
| Spend the family savings Phase 2 | 2 | Ready to publish | F-021 and F-029 · permanent loss, there is no recovery path |
Status updates as soon as a fact is signed off or a sign-off is revoked.
All facts
F-028 · "Quit work to keep playing" action
v3 · signed 25 Jul · Dr A Brennan"9.4% of ACT adults sit at some level of gambling risk on the PGSI scale. Losing a steady income is one of the things that pushes people into a higher risk group."
Source: 2024 ACT Gambling Survey (N = 10,007)F-026 · "Quit work to keep playing" action
sent 24 Jul · Sam Okafor"Leaving work removes income and the daily structure that can help interrupt repeated gambling."
Source: Productivity Commission — Gambling, inquiry report no. 50This would be the second fact on that action. F-028 is already live, so the action stays published either way.
F-033 · cooldown screen
sent 25 Jul · Sam Okafor"Only a minority of surveyed online bettors knew about the national self-exclusion register."
Source: ACT Gambling and Racing Commission — BetStop awareness surveyShown during a cooldown week rather than before a risky action, so read it against the cooldown wording as well as against the source.
F-029 · "Spend the family savings" action
signed 21 Jun · Dr A Brennan"When shared household money goes on gambling, the harm reaches people who never placed a bet — partners, children, parents."
Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare — Gambling in AustraliaF-024 · intended for "Borrow from friends"
v2 · sent back 25 Jul · Dr A Brennan"Borrowing from family is often the step just before a person loses the support network they would need later."
Source: Australian Gambling Research Centre (AIFS) — Gambling harm and relationshipsSent back with the note: "The wording blames the player. Rewrite it to describe the consequence, not to judge." F-025 keeps serving that action in the meantime.
F-027 · intended for "Take a high-interest payday loan"
draft · Sam Okafor"Interest on short-term payday lending can run far above the caps that apply to mainstream credit, and it compounds faster than most borrowers can repay."
Source field is empty — the figures have not been traced back to a report.Because there is no source, this draft cannot be saved as publishable and the submit button is disabled in the data layer. As a result, the "Take a high-interest payday loan" action cannot go live.