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: 28 February 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 October to December 2025
General insights
Quarterly GMP for October to December 2025 decreased by 1.18 percent compared to the September 2025 quarter, decreasing from $266,575,251.44 to $263,436,848.13. When adjusted for inflation, quarterly GMP decreased by 1.77 percent, decreasing from $196,993,785.85 to $193,500,919.86.
This is the second highest December quarterly GMP since we began reporting in this format, the highest being $272,594,915.21 in the December 2022 quarter. The decrease between September and December quarters is consistent with recent trends (except during the 2020 and 2021 COVID lockdown).
The rolling 12-month total GMP for the year ending December 2025 increased slightly by 0.58 percent (from $1,018,821,226.34 to $1,024,768,847.32). While we have seen a slight increase this quarter, rolling GMP has been trending down since its peak in June 2023 at $1,070,228,393.57, but remains over one billion dollars. When adjusted for inflation, the rolling 12-month total GMP for the year ending December 2025 decreased by 1.18 percent (from $761,959,960.88 to $760,541,452.53).
The number of venues and electronic gaming machines (EGMs) operating at the end of the quarter have both decreased. The number of venues decreased by 2 from 959 to 957. The number of EGMs decreased by 21 from 13,772 to 13,751. These decreases follow overall trends we have seen since reporting began in June 2015.
Average GMP per EGM decreased by 1 percent from the September quarter to the December quarter, decreasing from $19,356 to $19,158. When adjusted for inflation, average GMP per EGM decreased by 1.6 percent, decreasing from $14,304 to $14,072.
Regional insights
From September to December 2025, GMP per EGM was highest in Porirua City, followed by Auckland City, Tauranga District, Hastings District (Including Central Hawke’s Bay) and Christchurch City. Queenstown-Lakes District and Horowhenua District have both moved down in the rankings to 12th and 9th respectively.
Mackenzie District has the lowest GMP per EGM with $7,381.08 compared to Porirua City’s $25,438.80.
Porirua’s value of $25,438.80 is considerably less than the previous quarter’s value of $31,556.29. The previous quarter’s value of $31,556.29 does not follow the trend of Porirua’s GMP and is a considerable outlier. It represents the second largest value of GMP since recording began.
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.
