The table shows the quarterly numbers of gaming machines approved to operate in Class 4 venues (pubs and clubs) in New Zealand from June 1994 to June 2020.
The number of machines peaked in June 2003, and has been in steady decline ever since the Gambling Act passed into law on 18 September 2003, which introduced new gaming machine regulations aiming to control the growth of gambling and prevent and minimise gambling harm.
Gaming machine numbers are reported within the Gaming machine profits dashboard from 2015. Current quarterly data is available in that report.
