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Statistics

Fast facts 2009

All figures are at 30 June unless otherwise stated.

Liquor

Unless otherwise stated, all figures are at 30 June

Number	Licence category
7	Casino complex licence
1,530	Club
2,099	Hotel
1,277	Limited
6,822	On-premise
1,739	Packaged liquor
1,726	Producer / wholesaler
15,193	Total (non-casino)

Some hotels and liquor store licences are held in a dormant capacity. There are hotels and registered clubs that do not operate gaming machines.

GAMING

Club gaming

1,301 registered clubs earned profits from gaming machines (June 08 – May 09)
71,836 authorised gaming machines
$3,256 million in pre tax gaming machine profit (June 08 – May 09)
$636 million assessed in tax (June 08 – May 09)
Bulldogs League Club Limited, Belmore - top registered club for assessed gaming machine profit

Hotel gaming

1,679 hotels earned profits from gaming machines
23,769 authorised gaming machines
$1,516 million in pre tax gaming machine profit
$417 million assessed in tax

Casino gaming

200 gaming tables (the casino is to have at least 200 dealer controlled gaming tables)
1,500 gaming machines (maximum number)
$73.48 million payable in casino duty
$19.75 million payable in international duty
$12.02 million payable in responsible gambling levy
$747 million gross gaming revenue

Keno gaming

1,586 hotels, registered clubs and the casino connected to Keno
$443.6 million in gross subscriptions
$48.2million in commissions earned by agencies/venues
$10.1 million payable in tax (exc. GST)

Public lotteries

7 lottery games – Lotto, Lotto Strike, Oz Lotto, Powerball, Soccer Football Pools, Draw Lotteries and Instant Lotteries
1,552 online agents, 31 instant lottery only outlets
$1,327.6 million in sales
$67.40 million in profit
$457.24 million in duty/dividends

Trade promotion lotteries

12,977 permits issued

CHARITIES

5,146 current fundraising authorities
275 permits issued for games of chance including art unions, charity housie, lucky envelopes and chocolate wheels

RACING

Courses and meetings

202 licensed racecourses
121 thoroughbred racing
40 harness racing
41 greyhound racing
2,666 race meetings held
757 thoroughbred race meetings
529 harness race meetings
1,380 greyhound race meetings

TAB operations

$4,781.1 million turnover in respect of on-course and off-course racing and sports betting totalizators
$543.2 million turnover from fixed odds racing and sports betting

Bookmakers

261 bookmakers held bets totalling $560.4 million

Sports betting

5 authorised full-time and 39 authorised casual bookmakers
Bookmakers’ turnover $109.8 million