Reports NEW ZEALAND REPORT THE POKIES
Te Pokies are big business in New Zealand with $948m spent on these slots last year. Tey arrived in the early 1980s and were initially operated without gaming licences until 1988 when the licensing system was introduced, and the first gaming licence was issued to the Pub Charity group in March 1988.
Te country operates a community owned model for pub gaming with net proceeds returning to the community – basically giving back to the society in which they are operated.
Te Gaming Act of 2003 sought to use the gaming machines as a way of fundraising and profits are returned to the community via grants and this adds up to around $300m annually.
Te Pokies are regulated by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) and come under the Class 4 category and are operated in commercial venues (bars and pubs) and clubs.
Tey can only be operated by a corporate society to raise funds for an authorised purpose. Following a decision in 2021 clubs now need to change the way they add and remove machines on their venue licence. So, any club operating less than its permitted number needs to have the machines all listed to retain their maximum machine entitlement.
In 2021 there were a total of 19,100 grants approved with more than 10,600 organisations benefiting with $269.3m dished out in grants with the largest primary recipient being the sports sector with $144m, followed by other sectors such as community organisations, health, welfare and arts and culture.
Maximum stake is $2.50 and maximum prize for a non-jackpot machine is $500 whilst the jackpot linked machines can pay out $1,000 maximum.
Te number of Pokies peaked in the early 2000s with around 25,000. Te Gaming Act of 2003 was then introduced which saw new gaming machine regulations aimed at controlling the growth of gambling. By 2022 that number was 14,750 in just over 1,000 venues (hotels and clubs) of which 80 per cent of the machines are owned by 33 corporate societies such as the NZ Community Trust or Lion Foundation. Te remaining 20 per cent are located in around 190 clubs such as RSAs and Cosmopolitan Clubs.
At least 40 per cent of gaming machine proceeds must be allocated to authorised community purposes whilst 23 per cent goes on gaming duty, around 19.5 per cent on society expenses, 16 per cent on venue payments and 1.5 per cent towards problem gambling levies.
Each venue can have a limit of between nine and 18 machines. If granted before October 2001 the
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