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New Zealand – Auckland casino deal will increase casino spend by 2.3 per cent
By Phil - 17 de juliol de 2013
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.
SkyCity gastarà 363.5 milions de dòlars neozelandeses per construir el centre de conferències i se li concediran 230 espais addicionals als seus 1,647 actuals juntament amb 40 taules noves, amb la qual cosa el total de la taula és de 150 i fins a 240 multijugador. L'acord augmentarà les places a tot el país un 8.2% i les taules un 20%.
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.
Com a part de l'acord, SkyCity introduirà noves mesures de prevenció de problemes de joc amb millors mètodes per identificar jugadors potencialment problemàtics, sistemes voluntaris de pre-compromís per limitar la despesa o el temps de joc i duplicar el nombre d'especialistes en responsabilitat de l'amfitrió.
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.
Actualment a Nova Zelanda, hi ha 2,800 màquines de joc i 200 taules de joc, amb més de 1,600 màquines i més de 100 taules a SkyCity Auckland.
