Pokie numbers and expenditure down
31 July 2013
Pub and club gaming machine expenditure in the year ended June 2013 fell 3 per cent from $854 million to $826.3 million. There were also fewer licence holders, gambling venues and gaming machines compared with 12 months earlier. Licence holders fell from 361 to 351, venues declined from 1400 to 1356 and the number of gaming machines decreased from 17,943 to 17,534.
Figures from the Department of Internal Affairs also show that spending rose between the first and second quarters of 2013, from $192.7 million at the end of March to $206.1 million at 30 June 2013.
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 2013
Society Type | Total GMP Quarter | % of Total |
Non-Club | 178,652,601.44 | 86.7% |
| Sports Clubs | 4,022,781.33 | 2.0% |
| Chartered Clubs | 16,412,207.19 | 8.2% |
| RSAs | 6,972,157.34 | 3.4% |
Total Club | 27,407,145.86 | 13.3% |
Total All | 206,059,747.30 | 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 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, 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
| 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 |
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 |
