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FINAL ISSUE
This is the final issue of this product. Following input from users on the purpose and usefulness of the gambling data from the Retail Trade Survey, it has been decided to discontinue the publication of 'Contribution of Gambling to Retail Estimates'.
INTRODUCTION
This quarterly article supplements information presented in the publication, Retail Trade, Australia (cat.no.8501.0). It presents information about the net proceeds received from licensed gambling activities undertaken by businesses classified to 'Hotels and licensed clubs'. Gambling revenue from businesses classified to 'Casinos, Lotteries or Gambling Services n.e.c.' is not included as these businesses are not in the scope of the Retail Trade survey. Commissions from Lotto and lottery tickets sold in the Newspaper, Book and Stationery retailing industry are also excluded as they are not separately reported in the survey.
Businesses in the 'Hotels and licensed clubs' industry included in the Retail Trade Survey are asked to report three turnover components which sum to total turnover. The three components of turnover reported are:
- Membership fees and subscriptions received
- Net proceeds received from licensed gambling activities (hereafter called Gambling)
- General turnover (e.g. takings from bar and bottle shop sales, meals and accommodation and hiring and booking fees).
Gambling net proceeds in Hotels and Licensed clubs includes:
- commission from TAB and Keno transactions
- net takings from Bingo
- net revenue received from poker machines and other electronic gaming machines. Net revenue means the amount remaining after payouts and government gambling taxes are removed or commission earned.
The three components of turnover have primarily been used to assist Hotels and Licensed Clubs to correctly report total turnover. As such, they are not subject to the same level of scrutiny as the estimates of total turnover.
For further background about the Gambling series, please refer to the feature article in the December 2002 issue of Retail Trade, Australia.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.
SUMMARY COMMENTARY
FINDINGS
There was a decrease in Net proceeds from gambling as a percentage of Hotels and licensed clubs turnover from March quarter 2007 (36.5%) to June quarter 2007 (36.0%). Table 1 shows that for June quarter 2007, gambling as a percentage of Total retail turnover is the same as for March quarter 2007 (3.1%).
Graph 2 compares the growth rates of Gambling, Total retail and Total retail adjusted to exclude gambling. This shows that the turnover for Total retail and Total retail excluding gambling generally grow at a similar rate. This reflects the low contribution of gambling to Total retail indicated in Table 1.
2. PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN QUARTERLY TURNOVER, Seasonally Adjusted
It can be seen from Table 3 that, for each quarter, the rate of growth can vary between Gambling proceeds, Hotels and licensed clubs turnover and Total retail turnover. In the June quarter 2007, net proceeds from gambling in Hotels and licensed clubs was $1,760.4 million. Over the period from June quarter 2006 to June quarter 2007, the Total retail turnover series grew by 6.1%; Hotels and licensed clubs turnover increased by 0.7%; and net proceeds from Gambling decreased by 1.1%.
3. GAMBLING IN RETAIL TRADE, AUSTRALIA, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED |
|  |
| | Gambling | Hotels and licensed clubs | Total Retail | |
| | Net
proceeds | Percentage
change | Turnover | Percentage
change | Turnover | Percentage
change | |
| Quarter | $m | % | $m | % | $m | % | |
| |
| 2005 | | | | | | | |
| June | 1 881.3 | 5.8 | 4 663.7 | 5.7 | 50 789.4 | 1.1 | |
| September | 1 852.7 | -1.5 | 4 751.9 | 1.9 | 51 505.8 | 1.4 | |
| December | 1 918.1 | 3.5 | 4 811.8 | 1.3 | 51 885.3 | 0.7 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | |
| March | 1 891.8 | -1.4 | 4 891.5 | 1.7 | 52 687.7 | 1.5 | |
| June | 1 779.6 | -5.9 | 4 853.5 | -0.8 | 53 832.4 | 2.2 | |
| September | 1 837.5 | 3.3 | 4 890.4 | 0.8 | 54 499.1 | 1.2 | |
| December | 1 821.1 | -0.9 | 4 837.2 | -1.1 | 55 133.2 | 1.2 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | |
| March | 1 777.1 | -2.4 | 4 873.9 | 0.8 | 56 605.3 | 2.7 | |
| June | 1 760.4 | -0.9 | 4 888.2 | 0.3 | 57 111.9 | 0.9 | |
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From Table 4 it can be seen that in March quarter 2007, gambling as a proportion of state turnover is highest in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory and lowest in Western Australia and Tasmania. This relationship is reasonably consistent over time, but needs to be considered in the context of the varying state restrictions on gaming machines. The low contribution of net proceeds from gambling in Western Australia reflects poker machines in that state being restricted only to casinos. In Victoria and Tasmania, Hotels and licensed clubs only receive a commission or venue share for poker machines located on their premises.
4. CONTRIBUTION OF GAMBLING TO TOTAL TURNOVER, BY STATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED |
| |
| | New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | Tasmania | Northern Territory | Australian Capital Territory | |
| Quarter | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| |
| 2005 | | | | | | | | | |
| June | 7.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | |
| September | 6.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.9 | |
| December | 7.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | | | |
| March | 6.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.2 | |
| June | 6.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |
| September | 6.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | |
| December | 6.2 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.1 | |
| 2007 | | | | | | | | | |
| March | 6.1 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
| June | 6.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | |
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SAMPLING ERRORS
Standard errors for the level estimate for gambling for Australia (original data) are shown below. The estimated relative standard errors (RSE) for the states vary. The states where gambling estimates have an RSE below 10% are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. Estimates for the other states have an RSE between 10% and 27% and should be used with caution. The standard error associated with the seasonally adjusted series is approximately the same as for the original estimates.
5. STANDARD ERRORS |
| |
| | Estimate | Standard error | Relative Standard error | |
| Data series | $m | $m | % | |
| |
| Net proceeds from gambling | | | | |
| June quarter 2007 | 1 756.4 | 65.2 | 3.7 | |
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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information about these and related statistics, contact Graham Phillips on (02) 6252 5625.
RELATED INFORMATION
The ABS produces a more comprehensive range of data on gambling via its service industries program. Detailed surveys of the Pubs, taverns and bars industry, Clubs industry and Casino industry are usually conducted every three years. The most recent data from these surveys has been published in Clubs, Pubs, Taverns and Bars, Australia, 2004-05 (cat. no. 8687.0) and Gambling Services, Australia, 2004-05 (cat. no. 8684.0).
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