Problem Gambling Foundation<\/a>, recently expressed concerns about the profits made by South Auckland slot machine operators in the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cPokies\u201d generated NZ$21m in profits, lower than the NZ$26m reported in the last three months of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Froude said: \u201cThat\u2019s still a huge amount of money and there will be harm caused by that much money being lost on pokie machines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dunedin’s Grand Casino operator wants to remove a mandatory requirement to have at least one gaming table open and increase the number of slots instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Dunedin's Grand Casino seeks to amend its licence conditions, proposing to remove the mandatory requirement for gaming tables and increase slot machine allocation, citing reduced demand and revenue loss post-COVID-19. This operational shift faces significant opposition from anti-gambling advocates and the Ministry of Health, who express concerns over increased problem gambling risks and the erosion of traditional casino identity.","focusai_entities":"Dunedin's Grand Casino, Problem Gambling Foundation, SkyCity, Gambling Commission, Ministry of Health, Andree Froude","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Dunedin, Hamilton, Christchurch, Queenstown, Wharf, South Auckland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact of this proposed shift from table games to slots for Dunedin's Grand Casino, considering current market dynamics and operational costs?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent?","query":"How might the Gambling Commission's decision on this request influence future B2C licensing conditions and governance frameworks across New Zealand's land-based casino sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23911,23907,23909],"class_list":["post-20626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino","tag-slot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626","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=20626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20657,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions\/20657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}