Pokie takings down
1 May 2014
Gaming machine expenditure in the country’s 1330 pubs and clubs in the first three months of 2014 dropped seven per cent on the takings for the last three months of 2013.
Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that spending dropped from $206.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 to $192.8 million in the first quarter of 2014. This drop in spending between the fourth and first quarters of calendar years is in line with annual trends. And for the 12 months ended March 2014 expenditure was down two per cent from $828.7 million to $811.6 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 from 353 to 336, venues declined from 1367 to 1330 and the number of gaming machines decreased from 17,542 to 17,182.
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 2014
Society Type | Total GMP Quarter | % of Total |
Non-Club | 167,682,413.30 | 87.0% |
| Sports Clubs | 3,788,988.01 | 2.0% |
| Chartered Clubs | 14,948,301.31 | 8.2% |
| RSAs | 6,341,445.59 | 3.3% |
Total Club | 25,078,734.91 | 13.0% |
Total All | 192,761,148.21 | 100.0% |
Media contact:
Trevor Henry, Senior Communications Adviser, Department of Internal Affairs
Ph 04 495 7211; cell 021 245 8642
(Background statistics follow)
Non-casino GM spending in quarter ended
| 31 March 2014 | $192.8 m |
| 31 December 2013 | $206.7 m |
| 30 Sept 2013 | $206.0 m |
| 30 June 2013 | $206.1 m |
| 31 March 2013 | $192.7 m |
| 31 December 2012 | $214.6 m |
| 30 Sept 2012 | $212.9 m |
| 30 June 2012 | $208.5 m |
| 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 |
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Licensed gambling operations in pubs and clubs | |||
Date | Licence holders | Venues | Gaming machines |
31 March 2014 | 336 | 1330 | 17,182 |
31 Dec 2013 | 338 | 1335 | 17,266 |
30 Sept 2013 | 347 | 1343 | 17,320 |
30 June 2013 | 351 | 1356 | 17,534 |
31 March 2013 | 353 | 1367 | 17,542 |
31 Dec 2012 | 357 | 1381 | 17,670 |
30 Sept 2012 | 361 | 1390 | 17,827 |
30 June 2012 | 361 | 1400 | 17,943 |
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 |
