A GUIDE TO AUSTRALASIA S GAMBLING INDUSTRIES Facts, Figures and Statistics OVERVIEW 2015/16
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Overview - Statistics AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS AT A GLANCE (2015-16)... 2 NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE (2015-16)... 3 Version Control Version Date Explanation 2015-16 (1.0) November 2016 2015-16 Edition. 2015-16 (2.0) January 2018 2015-16 Edition updated with statistics from Australian Gambling Statistics 33rd Edition. 1
AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS AT A GLANCE (2015-16) Turnover 1 Spend per capita 1 Total spend 1 Tax Collected 1 $million $ $million $million Casinos 2 27,163.320 3 279.60 5,194.864 671.237 4 Gaming machines 5 142,510.066 649.86 12,074.215 3,609.253 6 Keno 7 1,265.888 18.61 345.844 N/A see footnote Lotteries 8 5,324.129 115.08 2,138.305 1,469.568 9 Minor Gaming 10 73.886 1.71 31.770 0.769 11 Racing 12 18,355.601 158.39 2,942.764 182.093 Sports Betting 9,724.032 49.55 920.677 35.741 Total 204,416.921 1,272.81 23,648.437 5,968.662 1 Gov ernment Statistician, Queensland Treasury and Trade (2017) Australian Gambling Statistics 1990-91 to 2015-2016 (33 rd Edition). All f igures relate to the 2015-16 period. At time of publishing these remain the most up to date national statistics av ailable. Please note that, due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of indiv idual v alues. Ref er to Australian Gambling Statistics 1990-91 to 2015-16 (33 rd Edition) Explanatory Notes f or f urther inf ormation. 2 Casinos. Includes wagers on table games, gaming machines and Keno sy stems. Caution should be taken in interpreting casino turnover as this represents handle (rather than true turnover). 3 Casino Turnov er data incomplete. 4 Figures prov ided f or tax collected f or casinos include gov ernment rev enues f or Community Keno in the Northern Territory. 5 Gaming Machines. Does not include gaming machines in casinos. 6 Figures prov ided f or tax collected (gov ernment rev enues) f or gaming machines include gov ernment rev enues collected f or Keno in NSW, VIC, QLD and TAS. 7 Please note that government revenues (tax collected) figures are unavailable for Keno. Gov ernment rev enues f or Keno are included within the f igures prov ided f or lotteries (SA and the ACT) and Gaming machines (NSW, VIC, QLD and TAS). Gov ernment rev enue f or Community Keno is included under the f igure f or Casino gaming in the NT. 8 Lotteries. Includes lotteries, lotto, instant lotteries and pools. 9 Figures prov ided f or tax collected (gov ernment rev enues) f or lotteries include gov ernment rev enues collected f or Keno in SA and the ACT. 10 Minor Gaming is the collectiv e name giv en to raf f les, bingo, lucky env elopes and the like. 11 Total tax collected (gov ernment rev enues) is largely incomplete due to Minor Gaming data being unav ailable f or all states/territories with the exception of Western Australia. 12 Racing f igures are incomplete as data is not av ailable. 2
NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE (2015-16) Turnover 13 Spend per capita 14 Total spend Tax Collected $million $ $million $million Casinos N/A 15 163 586 N/A Gaming machines 16 9,393 235 843 N/A Lotteries 974 122 437 N/A Wagering 2,270 95 342 N/A Total 12,637 616 2,209 N/A 13 New Zealand Department of Internal Af f airs (2017) Gambling Expenditure Statistics 2010-2016. Please note that due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of indiv idual v alues. 14 New Zealand Department of Internal Af f airs (2017), Gambling Expenditure Statistics 2010-2016. Please note per capita calculations are based upon Statistics New Zealand medium estimate f or the population 18 y ears and ov er as at 30 June 2016. 15 Data not av ailable. 16 Does not include gaming machines at casinos. 3