Pokie spending up over 2015
3 February 2016
Gaming machine expenditure in pubs and clubs in the year ended December 2015 was up 2 per cent on the previous year, 2014, from $811.4 m to $828 m, according to figures from the Department of Internal Affairs. This was despite there being fewer licence holders, gambling venues and gaming machines compared with 12 months earlier. Over the 12 months licence holders fell from 312 to 300, venues from 1287 to 1238, an almost 4 per cent decline, and gaming machines dropped almost 2 per cent from 16,717 to 16,393.
Between the third and fourth quarters of 2015 spending rose more than $900,000, from $213.5 million at the end of September to $214.4 million at 31 December 2015.
Non-casino GM spending by Society Type – October- December 2015
Society Type | Total GMP Quarter | % of Total |
Non-Club | 186,889,011.91 | 87.2% |
| Sports Clubs | 4,456,919.49 | 2.1% |
| Chartered Clubs | 16,381,395.39 | 7.6% |
| RSAs | 6,621,779.05 | 3.1% |
Total Club | 27,460,093.93 | 12.8% |
Total All | 214,349,105.84 | 100.0% |
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. The figures are based on territorial authority boundaries, including Auckland city.
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 December 2015 | $214.4 m |
| 30 September 2015 | $213.5 m |
| 30 June 2015 | $207.0 m |
| 31 March 2015 | $193.2 m |
| 31 December 2014 | $210.1 m |
| 30 September 2014 | $207.8 m |
| 30 June 2014 | $200.7 m |
| 31 March 2014 | $192.8 m |
| 31 December 2013 | $206.7 m |
| 30 September 2013 | $206.0 m |
| 30 June 2013 | $206.1 m |
| 31 March 2013 | $192.7 m |
| 31 December 2012 | $214.6 m |
| 30 September 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 |
Licensed gambling operations in pubs and clubs
| Date | Licence holders | Venues | Gaming machines |
| 31 December 2015 | 300 | 1238 | 16,393 |
| 30 September 2015 | 309 | 1255 | 16,440 |
| 30 June 2015 | 309 | 1266 | 16,579 |
| 31 March 2015 | 312 | 1277 | 16,614 |
| 31 Dec 2014 | 312 | 1287 | 16,717 |
| 30 Sept 2014 | 321 | 1300 | 16,814 |
| 30 June 2014 | 329 | 1321 | 17,130 |
| 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 |
