{"id":777022815,"date":"2025-02-12T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022815"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:53:47","slug":"queensland-gaming-revenue-rises-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queensland-gaming-revenue-rises-in-january","title":{"rendered":"Queensland gaming revenue rises in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gross revenue for January reached AU$303.1m (US$190.2m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- DWS Hospitality Specialists has reported that\u00a0<strong>gaming revenue in Queensland<\/strong> in January was up 9.6 per cent in year-on-year terms to\u00a0AU$303.1m (US$190.2m). The figure was down 6.1 per cent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queensland-gaming-revenue-up-9-in-december\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sequentially<\/a>. Clubs\u2019 market share was 45 per cent and hotels\u2019 share was 55 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metered wins at clubs rose by 11 per cent in year-on-year terms, while hotels\u2019 metered wins increased by 8.45 per cent. The majority of local government areas saw an increase in year-on-year terms.&nbsp;<strong>Gladstone&nbsp;<\/strong>had the highest at 19.2 per cent, followed by<strong>&nbsp;Rockhampton<\/strong> (15.6 per cent) and <strong>Ipswich <\/strong>(13.8 per cent).&nbsp;In terms of average daily revenue, Logan, Ipswich and Brisbane were the highest performers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/imagen_2025-02-12_065137212.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777022816\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Analyst <strong>Justine Channing <\/strong>said: &#8220;Clubs have been lifting consistently against hotels since July last year which suggests customers can see a &#8216;value advantage&#8217; in heading to their local club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This was the third straight month of increases in discretionary spending, so people are adjusting to their cost of living changes, and I\u2019m sure some of the benefits with energy rebates are assisting. This is important for gaming in particular because players pay all their bills and living expenses first before they decide what to do with their left over cash and this informs their gaming budget if they enjoy playing as entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gross revenue for January reached AU$303.1m (US$190.2m).<\/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":"Queensland's gaming revenue for January reached AU$303.1m, marking a 9.6% year-on-year increase but a 6.1% sequential decline. Clubs maintained a 45% market share, demonstrating consistent growth against hotels, which held 55%, suggesting a perceived value advantage for consumers amidst adjusting discretionary spending patterns.","focusai_entities":"DWS Hospitality Specialists, Justine Channing","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Ipswich, Logan, Brisbane","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Qld Gaming Outlook?","query":"Given the sequential decline despite year-on-year growth, what are the projections for Queensland's GGR in Q1 2024, considering the analyst's commentary on discretionary spending and energy rebates?"},{"label":"Club vs Hotel Strategy?","query":"How are hotels in Queensland adapting their operational and marketing strategies to counter the consistent market share gains by clubs, particularly regarding the perceived 'value advantage'?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[229,23907],"class_list":["post-777022815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-gambling","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022815","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=777022815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022850,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022815\/revisions\/777022850"}],"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=777022815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}