Make your voice heard in the upcoming Dunedin gambling policy decision.
Submissions are due by 25 October 2023.
The current policy in Dunedin is working and should be rolled over for another three years.
Make a submission on the DCC site here.
In Dunedin:
Community and sporting organisations received $6.1 million in grants in 2022.
In 2021/2022, a total of 100 problem gambling clients were seen by services — from all forms of gambling, not just gaming machines in clubs and pubs.
In 2021/2022, a total of 39 new clients were seen by problem gambling services for all types of gambling.
There are currently 366 gaming machines in the Dunedin City region. There are no clubs within this TLA.
We can’t tell you what to say in your submission.
Safer Gaming NZ, and the Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand, want to see problem gambling in Aotearoa reduced to zero. Thankfully, the rate of problem gambling here has not seen any real increase since the 1990s.
Reducing the number of gaming machines in clubs and pubs means a lower amount of grant funding available.
Plus, lowering the number of gaming machines is likely to drive some players into riskier, less-regulated forms of gambling such as online gambling. Online gambling is unregulated, always available, and returns no community benefit.
If you’d prefer, you can make a submission on Dunedin’s gambling policy on this site.
If you’re willing to help with a submission, please complete the boxes to the right. GMANZ will collect these responses and send them to the TLA for you.
We really appreciate your time spent on this — thank you.