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FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
| December 2006 | 14 February 2007 |
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.
This gambling article is released quarterly on the ABS Web Site about a week after the release of the March, June, September and December issues 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 small increase in gambling as a percentage of Hotels and licensed clubs and Total retail turnover from June 2006 to September 2006. Table 1 shows that in September 2006 gambling as a proportion of turnover for both Hotels and licensed clubs and Total retail returned to levels similar to those in September quarter 2004.
1. GAMBLING AS A PROPORTION OF HOTELS AND LICENSED CLUBS AND TOTAL RETAIL, AUSTRALIA, Seasonally Adjusted |
|
 | | Hotels and licensed clubs | Total retail |
| Quarter | % | % |
|
| 2004 | | |
| September | 37.5 | 3.3 |
| December | 38.3 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | | |
| March | 40.3 | 3.5 |
| June | 40.4 | 3.7 |
| September | 39.0 | 3.6 |
| December | 39.8 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | | |
| March | 38.7 | 3.6 |
| June | 36.7 | 3.3 |
| September | 37.6 | 3.4 |
|
Graph 2 compares the growth rates of Gambling, Total retail and Total retail adjusted to exclude gambling. This shows that 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 the Gambling, Hotels and licensed clubs and Total retail series. In the September quarter 2006, net proceeds from gambling in Hotels and licensed clubs was $1835.6 million, in seasonally adjusted terms. Over the period from September quarter 2005 to September quarter 2006, the Total retail series grew by 5.8%, Hotels and licensed clubs grew by 2.9% and Gambling fell by 0.8%.
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 | % | |
| |
| 2004 | | | | | | | |
| September | 1 630.0 | 1.4 | 4 348.1 | -0.5 | 50 001.5 | 1.2 | |
| December | 1 699.4 | 4.3 | 4 438.7 | 2.1 | 50 176.3 | 0.3 | |
| 2005 | | | | | | | |
| March | 1 779.0 | 4.7 | 4 418.3 | -0.5 | 50 253.7 | 0.2 | |
| June | 1 881.8 | 5.8 | 4 660.3 | 5.5 | 50 843.3 | 1.2 | |
| September | 1 850.3 | -1.7 | 4 744.9 | 1.8 | 51 490.6 | 1.3 | |
| December | 1 918.4 | 3.7 | 4 815.8 | 1.5 | 51 833.5 | 0.7 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | |
| March | 1 893.4 | -1.3 | 4 897.9 | 1.7 | 52 699.7 | 1.7 | |
| June | 1 780.9 | -5.9 | 4 849.4 | -1.0 | 53 905.3 | 2.3 | |
| September | 1 835.6 | 3.1 | 4 883.5 | 0.7 | 54 477.0 | 1.1 | |
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From Table 4 it can be seen that in September quarter 2006, gambling as a proportion of state turnover is highest in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and South Australia and lowest in Western Australia and Tasmania. This 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; and Hotels and licensed clubs in Victoria and Tasmania only receiving 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 | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| |
| 2004 | | | | | | | | | |
| September | 6.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | |
| December | 6.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | |
| 2005 | | | | | | | | | |
| March | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.6 | |
| 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 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | | | |
| March | 6.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.2 | |
| June | 6.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |
| September | 6.6 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | |
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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 only states where gambling estimates have an RSE below 10% are New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Estimates for the other states have an RSE between 10% and 28% 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 | | | | |
| September quarter 2006 | 1 891.0 | 65.5 | 3.5 | |
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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.
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