{"id":17345,"date":"2021-04-28T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17345"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:59:25","slug":"australia-casino-revenue-down-4-8-in-2018-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-casino-revenue-down-4-8-in-2018-2019","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Casino revenue down 4.8% in 2018\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australian players spent 0.5 per cent more on gambling during the 2018\/2019 fiscal year but casino revenue fell by 4.8 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Queensland Government Statistician&#8217;s Office&#8217;s latest\u00a0<strong>Australian Gambling Statistics\u00a0<\/strong>report has published statistics on gambling in Australia from 1984 until the fiscal year 2018\/2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report reveals\u00a0that <strong>casino spending fell in almost all Australian states<\/strong>\u00a0except for\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queenslands-reef-casino-reports-a-profit-in-q1\">Queensland<\/a>\u00a0and the Australian Capital Territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia is one of the countries with the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/why-is-online-gambling-so-popular-in-australia\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highest rate of gambling<\/a>&nbsp;in the world, with&nbsp;<strong>several land-based casinos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report,\u00a0<strong>casino spending reached almost AU$4.8bn\u00a0<\/strong>during the fiscal year 2018\/2019, down 4.8 per cent compared to the 2017\/2018 fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount spent <strong>on poker machines reached AU$12.7bn<\/strong> in 2018\/2019, up 1.6 per cent from the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0Tasmania Liquor and Gaming Commission<\/strong>\u00a0has recently reported that player\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/online-betting-rises-in-australia-during-pandemic\">losses on poker machines<\/a>\u00a0have reached\u00a0<strong>almost AU$500m since March 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian players spent 0.5 per cent more on gambling during the 2018\/2019 fiscal year but casino revenue fell by 4.8 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Australian gambling expenditure saw a marginal 0.5% increase in FY2018\/2019, driven by a 1.6% rise in poker machine spending to AU$12.7bn. 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