Pokie expenditure drops in first quarter
27 April 2012
Gaming machine expenditure in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs in the first three months of 2012 was almost 8 per cent down on the last three months of 2011, continuing the trend that occurs over summer.
Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that spending dropped from $220.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $203.7 million in the first quarter of 2012. But for the 12 months ended March 2012 expenditure was up 2.3 per cent from $845.9 million to $865.4 million.
Nationwide there were fewer licence holders, gambling venues and gaming machines at the end of March compared with 12 months earlier. Licence holders fell 1.6 per cent from 365 to 359, venues declined by 1.8 per cent from 1430 to 1403 and gaming machines decreased by 2.6 per cent from 18,484 to 18,001.
The spending is captured through the electronic monitoring of non-casino gaming machines (EMS), which became fully operational in March 2007, enabling the Department to track and monitor operations, ensure the integrity of games and the accurate accounting of money.
Non-casino GM spending by Society Type – January - March 2012
Society Type | Total GMP Quarter | % of Total |
Non-Club | 176,482,646.50 | 86.7% |
| Sports Clubs | 3,684,561.70 | 1.8% |
| Chartered Clubs | 16,345,841.46 | 8.0% |
| RSAs | 7,138,796.07 | 3.5% |
Total Club | 27,169,199.23 | 13.3% |
Total All | 203,651,845.73 | 100.0% |
Non-casino GM spending in quarter ended
| 31 March 2012 | $203.7 m |
| 31 December 2011 | $220.4 m |
| 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 |
31 March 2012 | 359 | 1403 | 18,001 |
31 Dec 2011 | 360 | 1410 | 18,133 |
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
