Gaming machine profits (GMP dashboard)
Dashboard file showing current quarter, and historic data for the numbers of electronic gaming machines (EGMs)and licenced premises in each council area, reported since 2015.
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Last updated: June 2026
Gaming Machine Profits (GMP) Dashboard (data.govt.nz website PowerBI and machine-readable formats)
The PowerBI dashboard contains several reports. Explanations to help you understand the information, and what it shows, are provided below.
The dashboard shows the numbers of approved gaming machines licensed to operate at approved venues as at the last day of the current quarter.
This is a 'snapshot' of the current state of affairs at a point in time. It is not conclusive and should be read in the context of the broader dataset.
Contact us if you want up to date information about machine numbers in a district.
Gaming Machine Profits (GMP) insights January to March 2026
September 2025 GMP – Correction
Please note that we have published a correction to Porirua City’s GMP for the September 2025 quarter. The GMP for Porirua City was inflated due to an adjustment error in the system data provided to DIA. The reported GMP in September 2025 was published as $4,922,781.21 This has been rectified to $4,204,065.45 and the corrected data published in the March 2026 dashboard. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
General Data Insights
Quarterly GMP for January to March 2026 decreased by 4.94% compared to the December 2025 quarter, decreasing from $263,436,848.13 to $250,412,635.14. When adjusted for inflation, quarterly GMP decreased by 5.80%, decreasing from $193,500,919.86 to $182,285,908.25.
This quarterly decrease continues the general pattern of lower GMP in the March quarter compared with the preceding December quarter, consistent with long‑term seasonal trends observed outside the COVID‑19 lockdown period.
The rolling 12-month total GMP for the year ending March 2026 increased by 1.06%, rising from $1,024,768,847.32 to $1,034,902,787.67. Despite the increase in the March 2026 quarter, overall, GMP has been trending down since its peak in June 2023 ($1,070,228,393.57), it remains above one billion dollars.
When adjusted for inflation, the rolling 12-month total GMP increased slightly by 0.34%, from $760,010,420.42 to $762,626,344.30.
The number of venues and electronic gaming machines (EGMs) operating at the end of the quarter both decreased. The number of venues declined by 6 venues (0.63%) from 957 to 951, while the number of EGMs decreased by 90 machines (0.65%), from 13,751 to 13,661. These decreases are consistent with the long-term decline in venue and machine numbers observed since reporting began in June 2015.
Average GMP per EGM decreased by approximately 4.3% from the December quarter to the March quarter, falling from $19,158 to about $18,330 per machine. When adjusted for inflation, average GMP per EGM decreased by around 5.2%, from $14,072 to approximately $13,344.
Regional insights
From January to March 2026, average GMP per EGM was highest in Porirua City followed by Auckland City, Queenstown-Lakes District, Tasman District, Hastings District (Including Central Hawke’s Bay) and Taupo District.
Westland district had the lowest Average GMP per EGM with $8,672.28 per EGM compared to Porirua City’s $24,195.38.
For more detail on these numbers and trends, please see our GMP Dashboard.
Interpreting the data
There are several reports within the PowerBI version (human readable) of the GMP dashboard:
- Class 4 Key Statistics - Key stats about the current quarter, filterable by location
- Gaming Machine Statistics - Dynamic dashboard that allows you to select financial information you want to see based on time and location.
- Venues and EGMs - Dynamic dashboard that allows you to select venue and EGM information you want to see based on time and location.
- In Detail – Tables – Quarterly and yearly tables showing financial and venue/EGM information and the delta between each quarter/year that you want to see based on time and location.
- Quarterly GMP, Venues and EGMs – A table showing a single quarter of data, showing the percentage of total GMP, EGMs and venues for the selected location(s) and quarter.
- Dataset - Data that sits behind all the dynamic tables and dashboards.
- Current Quarter Venues – A list of venues licenced at the end of the quarter.
Two additional sheets provide help for navigating and reading the data:
- Contents and directions – instructions for how to navigate the dashboard and view the information you need. It covers how to:
- Navigate between pages
- Use filters/slicers to manipulate different views
- Uncover detail behind the graphs
- Troubleshoot
- Notes and Caveats to the Data – details what is, and is not, included in the data.
