In a landmark Australian court case, a federal judge has dismissed claims made under Australian Consumer Law that pokie machines were...

21/05/2018

A world-first facial recognition system, to help problem gamblers by identifying people who are excluded from gaming venues, is being...

03/11/2017

Source: GMANZ Press Release

18/05/2018

Source: GMANZ

Gaming machine operators are serious about minimising harm to problem gamblers. This fact sheet explains the steps gaming machine...

24/07/2018

The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand represents the vast majority of the gaming machine societies that operate in New...

24/07/2018

For immediate release

Community Participation Urged in the Waikato District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review

14/08/2018

Quarterly statistics press release 14 August 2018 show more funds available for the community

28/08/2018

Sports clubs and community groups are being urged to have their say at the upcoming Waitaki District Council gambling venue policy...

31/05/2018

Sports clubs and community groups are being urged to have their say at the upcoming Grey District...

05/03/2018

Source: GMANZ

Concerns raised with $17,000 of ratepayer money spent on premature gambling venue policy review. Hamilton City’s Gambling Venue...

08/12/2017

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Marlborough District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review. Sports clubs and community...

15/06/2018

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Selwyn District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review. Sports clubs and community...

07/03/2018

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the South Waikato District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review. Sports clubs and...

21/03/2018

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Stratford District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review. Sports clubs and community...

10/11/2018

Source: GMANZ

Keeping funding available on sustainable levels to community organisations across New Zealand is looking more secure, with a 3.4...

19/03/2019

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Gisborne District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review

Sports clubs and community...

29/03/2019

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Matamata-Piako District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review

04/04/2019

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Whakatane District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review

05/04/2019

Source: NZ Herald

Sports clubs and community groups are being urged to have their say at the upcoming Western Bay of Plenty District Council gambling...

13/03/2019

Source: Gisborne Herald

Facial recognition technology will be used to help problem gamblers from losing money in Gisborne pokie machines.

11/03/2019

Source: Scoop

New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) has installed facial recognition technology at all six of its Gisborne gaming venues to help...

01/05/2019

Source: GMANZ

Councils Urged to Make an Evidence-Based Gambling Venue Policy Decision

15/05/2019

Source: GMANZ

Whangarei District Council Urged to Make an Evidence-Based Gambling Venue Policy Decision

17/05/2019

Source: GMANZ

The latest Quarterly Gaming Statistics released by the DIA create an illusion that real funding availability for the community is...

12/06/2019

$1m in Community Funding, 1 Problem Gambler Seeks Treatment: Time to Change Southland District’s Gambling Venue Policy

The Southland...

12/06/2019

Source: GMANZ

South Taranaki District Council Urged to Make an Evidence-Based Gambling Venue Policy Decision

15/06/2019

Source: Otago Daily Times

The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand is asking the Southland District Council to modify the Southland district gambling...

26/06/2019

Source: DIA

In a first of its kind, the Department of Internal Affairs has granted Hamilton-based Grassroots Trust [Grassroots] a three-year...

11/04/2019

Source: Scoop

294 community groups across New Zealand have recently received a share of $2.422 million in grants to support their work thanks to...

17/07/2019

Source: GMANZ

Invercargill City Council Urged to Make an Evidence-Based Gambling Venue Policy Decision

25/07/2019

Source: Southland Express

ILT Foundation supports Southland Art.

13/08/2019

Concern that Tasman District Council’s Proposed New Gambling Venue Policy Will Accelerate the Growth of Online Gambling

02/09/2019

Source: Stuff

Sinking lid policies debated in Tasman

18/10/2019

Source: GMANZ

Community Participation Urged in the Timaru District Council’s Upcoming Gaming Machine Policy Review

16/10/2019

Source: GMANZ

$781,000 in Community Funding, 1 Problem Gambler Seeks Treatment: No Need to Impose New Restrictions in Rangitikei District’s...

07/02/2020

Source: GMANZ

A highly respected economics advisor has labelled a report commissioned by the Ministry of Health as "seriously flawed", explaining...

05/05/2020

Source: Horowhenua Chronicle

Many small businesses with pokie machines have had zero income and getting gaming up and running will be vital, said the Gaming...

04/05/2020

Source: GMANZ

With a likely move to Alert Level 2 in the coming weeks, pubs and taverns across New Zealand are getting ready to welcome back...

07/05/2020

Source: GMANZ

Former Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive Bruce Robertson has resigned as the Independent Chair of The Gambling Machine...

09/05/2020

Source: Stuff

For years, New Zealand sports groups have relied on gaming revenue, but the Covid-19 pandemic has been a timely reminder how...

30/09/2020

Source: Voxy

The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) today announced the appointment of Wellington intellectual property lawyer and...

30/09/2020

Source: GMANZ

The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) today announced the appointment of Wellington intellectual property lawyer and...

25/11/2020

Source: GMANZ

The Independent Chair of the Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand, Peter Dengate Thrush, today expressed his disappointment at...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

08/07/2022

Source: Hawkes Bay Today NZ Herald

Important to consider counter arguments on debate about the role of community-based gaming machines in New Zealand.

27/09/2022

Source: Scoop

Gaming Machine Association In Support Of DIA’s New Granted.govt.nz database.

12/12/2022

Community Groups To Benefit With Gaming Machine Funding Returning To Pre-Covid Levels

03/02/2023

GMANZ “in Full Support” Of DIA’s Investigation Into Class 4 Gaming Trusts

02/03/2023

Increased Year On Year Gaming Machine Funding Set To Benefit Aotearoa

25/06/2020

Source: GMANZ

Just the Facts, not Fiction about Gaming Machines

15/06/2021

Source: TDB Advisory

18/05/2018

Source: GMANZ

In the 2016/17 year gaming machine grants delivered over $300 million to community organisations across New Zealand.

01/12/2019

Source: GMANZ

Class 4 Gaming proceeds are returned to the community. Proceeds from 32 societies operating in the Class 4 gamning sector in the 2017...

18/12/2019

Source: GMANZ

Class 4 Gaming proceeds are returned to the community. Proceeds from 32 societies operating in the Class 4 gamning sector in the 2018...

01/11/2020

An overall increase in the amount granted per Society over the past three years has resulted in an increase in sport, community, and...

01/12/2020

Source: GMANZ

Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs by the Gaming Machine Association of NZ.

01/03/2021

08/10/2021

Source: GMANZ

30/08/2015

Source: DIA

This fact sheet describes what measures the The Gambling Act 2003 contains to minimise the harm caused to problem gamblers by pokies.

30/10/2016

This guide describes how The Department of Internal Affairs regulates the electronic gaming machine sector in New Zealand.

18/05/2018

Source: GMANZ

Our Class 4 gambling system is unique to New Zealand, with a proportion of the money gamblers lose being legally required to be...

18/05/2018

Source: GMANZ

The money put into a gaming machine that is not returned to a player is called Gaming Machine Profits (GMP). GMP is distributed...

18/05/2018

Source: GMANZ

By design, pokie machines take in more money than they give out and every spin is random. Machines and venues also contain...

29/11/2018

Source: NZ Herald

Viewpoint NZ video covering the debate about pokie machines. GMANZs Bruce Robertson is interviewed at the 23 minute mark.

25/06/2020

Source: GMANZ

The facts – not fiction – about pokies in pubs (class 4 gaming machines)

12/08/2022

Source: Business Desk

Peter Dengate Thrush addresses the facts about the class 4 gaming in NZ.