Gambling in Tasmania is regulated by the Gaming Control Act 1993 and the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission via the Tasmanian government’s Treasury and Finance department. Total expenditure for the gaming sector in 2018 was $258m and legislation is governed by the Gaming Control Act 1993 and Racing Regulation Act 2004.
l Lottery – Lotteries - there are no providers of
major lotteries in Tasmania but Tattersalls Sweeps (Victoria) and Golden Casket Lottery (Queensland) both offer their products in Tasmania. Tere are 92 official outlets which provide lottery sales. Te lotteries in the state generated around $30.6m in state lottery taxes in 2017.
l Betting – activities that fall under a
Tasmanian Gaming Licence include sports betting, simulated gaming, betting exchange, race wagering, totalisator and major lotteries. Te Gaming Control Act does not provide for the conduct of online poker or other internet based
gaming (except those mentioned).
Totalisator and fixed odds betting is offered in Tasmania via TAB (previously known as Tote Tasmania), a subsidiary of TabCorp and there are 20 totalisator agents listed.
Te Tatts Group combined with TabCorp Ltd at the end of December 2017 and Betfair surrendered its Tasmanian licence in November 2016 and moved its operations to the Northern Territory. Racing in Tasmania covers thoroughbred, harness and greyhound. Toroughbred is governed by the Tasmanian Toroughbred Racing Club and TasRacing is the
principal racing authority set up in 2009.
Tere are seven harness clubs, four thoroughbred clubs and three greyhound clubs.
Wagering turnover increased by 12 per cent in 2018 to $576m divided between thoroughbred with $242m, harness $96m and greyhound $238m. Tere were 555 thoroughbred races last year, 694 harness and 1,602 greyhound.
Te racing industry contributes around $100m annually to the Tasmanian economy.
l EGMs – a licensed Premises Gaming Licence
permits an entity to operate keno and gaming machines in a licensed venue such as hotel or club. Tere is a total cap of 3,680 EGMs (casinos and clubs/hotels) with a maximum of 30 slots per hotel and 40 per club permitted.
Tere are a total of 279 gambling premises of which there are 99 premises with gaming machines, 165 with Keno, 138 with UBET and 89 with lottery. Tere are some 2,345 EGMs in hotels and clubs (cap of 2,500).
Taxes for gaming machines are set at 25.88 per cent of annual gross profit plus an additional four per cent Community Support Levy for EGMs in hotels and clubs.
Total player expenditure for EGMs in clubs and hotels amounted to $137m (EGMs $106m with the remainder Keno).
Player usage of pokie machines is down and since 2013 there has been a decline in the number of players who have participated in slots play. In 2017 there were calls for a ban on EGMs in pubs and clubs but the recommendation was quashed although there have been demands for a reduction in numbers.
l Casinos – there are two casino operator P178 NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / MARKET DATA
licences issued – Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Sandy Bay and Country Club Casino in Prospect.
Wrest Point Casino in Hobart comprises of three hotels and located on the water front overlooking the river Derwent. Wrest Point Tower is Tasmania’s tallest building and home to the Point Revolving restaurant.
After a referendum to open a casino on the island, Wrest Point Hotel and Casino then became Australia’s first legal casino when it officially opened in 1973. It was operated by the Federal Group and paved the way for new investment, increased flights and a boom in tourism. Te casino has more than 650 gaming machines and has 24 table games total.
Country Club Casino and Resort was developed also in 1982 on the rural fringe of Launceston and would become Australia’s first resort style casino development. It is nestled among 300 acres of parkland and lakes and comes with a golf course and 200 rooms and villas, five
restaurants and four bars. Both casinos are operated by Federal Hotels group which is a Tasmanian company dealing in tourism and entertainment. Te company is a privately owned family group who established Network Gaming in 1989 to manage the distribution of gaming machine and TAS keno throughout pubs and clubs on the island.
Te company announced its partnership with VOS Construction in 2010 to operate MACq01 which opened in 2017 and became Australia’s first storytelling hotel on the waterfront
Tere are a total of 1,182 casino slots in operation whilst there is also gaming onboard the two Spirit of Tasmania vessels which travel across the Bass Strait between Tasmania and Melbourne. EGMs are offered via the gaming Lounge with a total of 36 in operation.
Total expenditure for the casinos in Tasmania in 2018 was $81.1m with gaming machines $68.9m and table gaming $9.4m and keno $2.7m.
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