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GMANZ supports goals of Internal Affairs review into gaming machines
18/03/2022
Source: Scoop.co.nz
The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) announces its support for the harm reduction aim of the government's new review...
Ministry of Health blocking funding for facial recognition technology on pokies
18/02/2022
Source: NZ Herald
The organisation representing pokie machine owners wants the Government to fork out to help it fund facial recognition software in...
Pokies association wants better results from gambling addiction services
26/01/2022
Source: Stuff
The Gaming Machine Association is pushing against an increase to the Problem Gambling Levy, until it sees proof that the levy is...
New Zealand’s Pokies Association Pushing for Lower Problem Gambling Rates
26/01/2022
Source: Gambling News
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has proposed a 26% increase ($16 million) in the problem gambling levy budget over the upcoming...
Community groups to suffer from bad data
20/12/2021
Source: GMANZ
The Hutt City council’s decision to implement a sinking lid policy on gaming machines means community groups that rely on them for...
Latest Gaming Figures
31/08/2021
Source: Scoop News
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has released data showing expenditure of pub and club-based gaming machines over the last...
Community projects missing out on pokie funds in lockdown
29/08/2021
Source: RNZ
The head of the gaming machine association is warning that hundreds of community projects will suffer because no money is going into...
'Shopping list for armed robbers': Government plan to reveal pub pokies turnover attacked
02/07/2021
Source: Stuff
A government plan to openly publish pub-by-pub statistics for poker machine turnover has been attacked by pokie officials as a...
Gambling For The Year Is Down Despite Spending Rebound
12/03/2021
Source: GMANZ
The Department of Internal Affairs has today released data showing that, while gambling for the year was down, spending for the...
Gaming sector dismayed at misleading statistics about gaming machine profits
25/11/2020
Source: GMANZ
The Independent Chair of the Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand, Peter Dengate Thrush, today expressed his disappointment at...
New GMANZ independent chair
30/09/2020
Source: Voxy
The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) today announced the appointment of Wellington intellectual property lawyer and...
GMANZ appoints internet infrastructure expert as independent chair
30/09/2020
Source: GMANZ
The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) today announced the appointment of Wellington intellectual property lawyer and...