The Gambling (Problem Gambling Levy) Regulations 2016 have now been made and new problem gambling levy rates will apply from 1 July 2016.
On 27 May we told you that the Associate Health Minister, Peter Dunne, had released an updated three-year integrated problem gambling strategy.
Read the Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2016/17 to 2018/19
The Crown recovers the cost of developing and implementing this strategy through a problem gambling levy on the profits of the main gambling operators.
The Regulations require gambling operators in each of the four main gambling sectors to pay a levy set at a different rate for each of the sectors.
The levy is set as a percentage of player expenditure (after prizes are paid out) in each sector over the levy period. The new levy rates for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019 are set out in this table:
|
Gambling Sector |
2016/17 to 2018/19 levy rates (GST excl) |
|
Non-Casino Gaming Machines |
1.30% of player expenditure |
|
Casinos |
0.87% of player expenditure |
|
New Zealand Racing Board |
0.52% of player expenditure |
|
New Zealand Lotteries Commission |
0.40% of player expenditure |
View the Gambling (Problem Gambling Levy) Regulations 2016
