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Gaming machines down, expenditure up

Friday, 27 July 2012, 3:57 pm
Press Release: Department Of Internal Affairs

27 July 2012

Gaming machines down, expenditure up

Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that in the year ended 30 June 2012 the number of gaming machines in the country’s 1400 pubs and clubs decreased by 366 or 2 per cent from 18,309 to 17,943, venues declined by 1.5 per cent from 1421 to 1400 and there were 361 licence holders compared with 364 a year earlier.

Gaming machine expenditure in the same period rose $1.7 million to $857.7 million. Expenditure of $212.2 million in the second quarter of 2012 was 3.5 per cent less or $7.7 million than in the same period of 2011 but 4 per cent up on the $203.7 million for the first three months of this year.

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 – April - June 2012

Society Type	Total GMP Quarter	% of Total
Non-Club	184,122,548.03	86.8%
Sports Clubs	3,741,520.56	1.8%
Chartered Clubs	16,969,661.17	8.0%
RSAs	7,328,869.05	3.5%
Total Club	28,040,050.78	13.2%
Total All	212,162,598.81	100.0%

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Non-casino GM spending in quarter ended

30 June 2012	$212.2 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

Licensed gambling operations in pubs and clubs

Date	Licence holders	Venues	Gaming machines
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

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.

ENDS

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