Casino gaming statistics for the second quarter of 2020

The company H2 Gambling Capital regularly conducts surveys of the gambling habits of New Zealanders. Investigations that are of great importance to . The statistics are retrieved for each quarter, and earlier this year we wrote an article on game statistics for the first quarter of 2020 . This reflects the total turnover of New Zealand bookmakers for the period.

The latest restrictions on increased consumer protection

We expected that gambling would decrease slightly in 2019 in connection with bonus offers , gaming tournaments and promotions with free spins almost disappeared from New Zealand licensed casinos online.

Our reasoning has been that many online high rollers are used to the fact that various casinos ”pay back " the loyalty of the players with generous bonuses . In addition, many people have previously played precisely because the casino they have chosen has offered various bonus promotions continuously.

The New Zealand gaming license was introduced to regulate the New Zealand gaming market, as well as to raise consumer protection in early 2019. However, as Covid-19 began to spread, it was decided that additional regulations would be introduced at New Zealand casinos. Limited play time, tougher bonus rules and time-limited play these are the main changes. This is to reduce the risk of increased gambling when people are isolated and on top of that, bored and worst case depressed.

Reduced turnover despite the Corona pandemic

This time we have taken a closer look at the turnover in New Zealand online casinos and betting companies for the second quarter of the year. And with a sum of $5.9 billion for the second quarter of the year , it turns out that games have not increased at all since the turn of the year. On the contrary, it can be seen that sales for the second quarter have decreased, both compared to the first quarter and compared to total casino turnover in 2019 .

The table below shows how the turnover of New Zealand online bookmakers has changed from quarter to quarter since the first quarter of 2019. Adding up the first two quarters for 2019 and 2020, that's a decrease from$12.1 billion to$11.8 billion .

The question is whether this change is due to a drop in motivation among New Zealand online gamblers, as we suspected, due to the lack of engaging bonus offers in addition to the welcome bonus. Or whether the reduction depends heavily on the restrictions that followed the Corona outbreak.

There is also still some play on casinos without a New Zealand license , get st exactly how much New Zealand players wager on international bookmakers is still unclear.

Multiple players suspended via Game break

Another possible contributing factor to the decline in gambling in New Zealand may be that The National Gambling Exclusion Scheme it has become a feature that more players are looking forward to. Literally speaking, the majority of New Zealand players have not known that one can freeze their gambling, either for a fixed period of time of 1, 3 or 6 months, or for the time being.

The National Gambling Exclusion Scheme since 2019, there has been a visible link from all online casinos with New Zealand license , plus the feature is highlighted in promotions from the gaming Inspectorate. At the time of writing, we can see that total number of players registered The National Gambling Exclusion Scheme has gone from 20,000 in January 2019 to 56,810 .

Sources

• New Zealand game inspections
• GambleAware