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New Zealand – Auckland casino deal will increase casino spend by 2.3 per cent

Forecasts by the New Zealand Health Ministry claim that New Zealanders will gamble more over the next few years with casino spend set to grow by 2.3 per cent by 2016.

Substantial increases in SkyCity’s gaming offer in Auckland where it is being offered more slots and table games in exchange for building a new convention centre in the city are seen as being key to the predicted increase.

スカイシティはカンファレンス センターの建設に 363.5 億 230 万ニュージーランドドルを費やし、既存の 1,647 テーブルに 40 の追加スロットと 150 の新しいテーブルが与えられ、テーブルの合計は 240 になり、マルチプレイヤーは最大 8.2 になります。この契約により、全国のスロット数は 20% 増加し、テーブル数は XNUMX% 増加します。

The study also forecasts that sports betting through the Totalisator Agency Board will grow by 6.6 per cent by 2016 whilst spend on lottery games will grow by eight per cent.

The study forecasts that spend on machine games in pubs and clubs, the largest sector of the gambling market, will fall slightly over the next three years from US$854m in 2012 to US$849m in 2016.

契約の一環として、スカイシティは、潜在的な問題ギャンブラーを特定するより良い方法、支出やプレイ時間を制限するための自主的な事前約束システム、主催者の責任専門家の数を倍増するなど、新たな問題ギャンブル防止対策を導入する予定だ。

SkyCity originally asked for a lot more in exchange for the building of the convention centre including lowering the age of gambling consent to 18, lower rates of taxation and the approval of internet gambling.

In response to the publication of various documents relating to the deal, Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei, said: “Documents released by MBIE today show that SkyCity had the National Government over a barrel from the start because of its decision to rule out other tenders. The National Government put all its negotiating eggs in one basket, SkyCity knew that and squeezed them for every possible advantage they could gain. They called the shots and maximised every opportunity. SkyCity were far better negotiators and knew how to drag out the process to extract every possible win.”

MPs voted in favour of the SkyCity bill in Parliament, with the legislation passing 61 votes to 59. The bill must now go before a select committee and then in front of Parliament later in 2013 for its second reading.

現在、ニュージーランドには 2,800 台のゲーム機と 200 台のゲーム テーブルがあり、スカイシティ オークランドには 1,600 台以上のゲーム機と 100 台以上のテーブルがあります。