Statistics AUSTRALIA
MARKET DYNAMICS EGMS:
EGM REVENUE:
EGM VENUES (HOTELS): EGM VENUES (CLUBS): BETTING SHOPS: BOOKMAKERS:
WAGERING REVENUE: RACETRACKS:
RACING REVENUE:
OVERVIEW
197,272 (68,623 in hotels, 114,626 in clubs and 12,827 in casinos) A$10.4bn 3,231 2,147
4,478 (TABCorp) 522
A$2.8bn 353
A$14.39bn
LOTTERY RETAILERS: 3,781 (Tatts) 553 (SA) and 551 (WA) LOTTERY REVENUE: ONLINE GAMING: CASINOS:
$1.9bn
Partly permitted 13
CASINO SLOTS: CASINO TABLES: MAIN OPERATORS:
CASINO REVENUE: TOTAL GAMING REVENUE:
12,827 1,385
SkyCity, Echo Entertainment, CAI, independents A$3.4bn A$19bn
Turnover for Australia’s gaming industry was a total of A$161bn divided between wagering with $21bn, gaming machines with $114bn, lotteries with $4.7bn and casinos with $19bn.
Casinos arrived in the 1970s and 1980s and today there are 13 throughout the country with 1,385 tables and 12,827 EGMs plus Keno systems. Casinos can also offer outlets for TAB wagering and sports betting. Many of the casinos are integrated entertainment complexes with restaurant, conference facilities and hotels and between them see around 50 million visitors with revenues of over $4bn annually and some 20,000 staff.
EGM (Electronic Gaming Machines) or ‘pokies’ as they are mostly known are operated at licensed venues such as clubs, hotels and casinos and all available in all states except Western Australia. Tasmania is the only state where ownership of the gaming machine is separated from their operation.
The Tatts Group is the largest lottery operator in Australia with licences in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory and ACT and they have 250 million transactions processed throughout their outlets. Intralot also operates lotteries in Victoria and Tasmania and the state operates the lottery in South Australia via SA Lotteries and in Western Australia via Lotterywest.
AUSTRALIA Statistics Capital: Canberra Population: 22,015,576 Land Area: 7,741,220
sq.km Currency: Australian Dollars (A$) Government: Federal Parliamentary Democracy and Commonwealth Realm Head of Government: Prime Minister Tony Abbott (Liberal Party) Elections: Monarchy is hereditary. Governor General appointed by Monarch on recommendation of Prime Minister. Last elections September 2013.
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