Gaming machine take lifts again
20 October 2011
Gaming machine expenditure in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs has risen for the third quarter running and in the year to September was up 2 per cent to $862.2 million, according to figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Spending in the three months to September rose by $1.5 million on the second quarter to $221.4 million with 36 districts showing increases and 37 decreases.
Nationwide there were fewer operators, venues and gaming machines compared with a year earlier – 360 operators (369 at 30 Sept 2010), 1409 venues (1438) and 18,167 gaming machines (18,601).
Gaming machine spending in pubs and clubs is monitored electronically, enabling the Department to track and monitor non-casino operations, ensure the integrity of games and the accurate accounting of money. The electronic monitoring system (EMS) became fully operational in March 2007.
| Society Type | Total GMP Quarter | % of Total |
Non-Club | 191,674,722.16 | 86.6% |
| Sports Clubs | 4,049,602.54 | 1.8% |
| Chartered Clubs | 17,396,573.24 | 7.9% |
| RSAs | 8,303,577.87 | 3.8% |
Total Club | 29,749,753.65 | 13.4% |
Total All | 221,424,475.81 | 100.0% |
Non-casino GM spending in quarter ended
| 30 September 2011 | $221.4 m |
| 30 June 2011 | $219.9 m |
| 31 March 2011 | $205.1 m |
| 31 December 2010 | $215.8 m |
| 30 September 2010 | $215.2 m |
| 30 June 2010 | $209.8 m |
| 31 March 2010 | $199.9 m |
| 31 December 2009 | $218.8 m |
| 30 September 2009 | $220.7 m |
| 30 June 2009 | $217.3 m |
| 31 March 2009 | $208.7 m |
| 31 December 2008 | $230.7 m |
| 30 September 2008 | $232.3 m |
| 30 June 2008 | $231 m |
| 31 March 2008 | $218.5 m |
| 31 December 2007 | $245.3 m |
| 30 September 2007 | $243.5 m |
| 30 June 2007 | $237.7 m |
Licensed gambling operations in pubs and clubs | |||
Date | Licence holders | Venues | Gaming machines |
30 Sept 2011 | 360 | 1409 | 18,167 |
30 June 2011 | 364 | 1421 | 18,309 |
31 March 2011 | 365 | 1430 | 18,484 |
31 Dec 2010 | 367 | 1443 | 18,681 |
30 Sept 2010 | 369 | 1438 | 18,601 |
30 June 2010 | 370 | 1455 | 18,944 |
31 March 2010 | 374 | 1470 | 19,115 |
31 Dec 2009 | 378 | 1491 | 19,359 |
30 Sept 2009 | 377 | 1486 | 19,296 |
30 June 2009 | 384 | 1501 | 19,479 |
31 March 2009 | 394 | 1527 | 19,739 |
31 Dec 2008 | 399 | 1537 | 19,879 |
30 Sept 2008 | 405 | 1551 | 20,025 |
30 June 2008 | 415 | 1552 | 19,856 |
31 March 2008 | 421 | 1569 | 20,018 |
31 Dec 2007 | 428 | 1585 | 20,182 |
30 Sept 2007 | 435 | 1593 | 20,163 |
30 June 2007 | 439 | 1598 | 20,120 |
Further information, including numbers of venues, machines and expenditure by territorial authority and changes in the quarter, is available from the Department’s Gaming Statistics web page at: www.dia.govt.nz. The figures are based on territorial authority boundaries that existed prior to the new Auckland super city.
Media contact:
Trevor Henry, communications adviser, Department of Internal Affairs
Ph 04 495 7211; cell 0275 843 679
