{"id":15764,"date":"2021-03-12T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:10:09","slug":"gaming-machine-profits-set-new-record-in-new-zealand-in-q4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gaming-machine-profits-set-new-record-in-new-zealand-in-q4","title":{"rendered":"Gaming machine profits set new record in New Zealand in Q4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gaming Machine Profits (GMP) increased by 3.7 per cent during the fourth quarter, reaching NZ$252m (US$181.4m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- New Zealand\u2019s Department of Internal Affairs has<strong> reported that profits from non-casino pokie machines<\/strong> reached <strong>NZ$252m (US$181.4m)<\/strong> in the period from October to December 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number is the highest quarterly figure since the <strong>Department of Internal Affairs <\/strong>began keeping records in 2007 despite 2020 seeing a 14 per cent decrease for full-year gaming machine profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figure for Q4 represents an increase of <strong>4 per cent <\/strong>on the previous quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lotto saw a 13 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year <\/strong>to NZ$631m, driven by the absence of other forms of gambling, while<strong> casino revenue was down 22 per cent to NZ$504m <\/strong>due to Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-auckland-to-reopen-from-march-7\" target=\"_blank\">SkyCity\u2019s Auckland casino reopened<\/a><\/em> t<\/strong>his week after a snap closure due to a new case of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Department of Internal Affairs reported that in <strong>2020 there were 75 fewer machines in operation and 12 fewer venues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Dengate Thrush<\/strong>, chair of the Gaming Machine Association, stated: &#8220;I\u2019m proud that the positive returns for gaming will enable a much-needed boost for New Zealand communities in the form of<strong> increased funding to health, emergency, education, environmental<\/strong>, heritage, sports and arts organisations all over the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming Machine Profits (GMP) increased by 3.7 per cent during the fourth quarter, reaching NZ$252m (US$181.4m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand's non-casino gaming machine profits (GMP) reached a record NZ$252m in Q4 2020, a 3.7% increase, despite a 14% full-year decline attributed to COVID-19. While Lotto revenue surged by 13% year-on-year, casino operations experienced a 22% downturn. The Department of Internal Affairs also reported a reduction in operational machines and venues, with industry stakeholders emphasizing the significant community funding derived from these returns.","focusai_entities":"New Zealand\u2019s Department of Internal Affairs, SkyCity, Gaming Machine Association, Peter Dengate Thrush","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact on GMP","query":"How might the Department of Internal Affairs' regulatory stance on machine and venue numbers impact future non-casino GMP growth and the broader social responsibility framework in New Zealand?"},{"label":"Vertical Performance Disparity","query":"What specific market dynamics and player behaviour shifts explain the significant divergence in revenue performance between non-casino pokies, Lotto, and casino verticals during Q4 2020, and what are the long-term implications for operator strategy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,158],"tags":[512],"class_list":["post-15764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-slider-home","tag-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15810,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions\/15810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}