Are the Odds in Your Favour? A Film-production Approach to Exploring Sports-betting Advertising in the Classroom

A punt on the horses has always been a part of Australian culture, but with the increasing prevalence of online gambling and sports-betting advertising, young people are even more at risk of developing serious gambling problems. Melanie Fawcett of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has developed an interactive lesson
plan to introduce senior secondary students to the idea of problem gambling and equip them with the skills to deconstruct worrying media messages. Additional keywords: talking society, senior secondary, filmmaking, underage gambling, probability, storyboard, video production