--- title: Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria, 2008-09 to 2021-22 resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/ publisher: Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2025-08-26 rows: 7102 fields: 6 source: https://www.vgccc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-02/historicalegmdatabyvenue_.xlsx source_sha256: 50317563d34e9ff68bfce9a1708a21461827bc62fd0bdc8a9243c4d74f08e28c language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria, 2008-09 to 2021-22 The amount players lost on poker machines at every Victorian hotel and club venue in each financial year from 2008-09 to 2021-22, with the venue's council area and type. Published by Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has not endorsed this site. Also called: Historical gaming expenditure by venue, Victorian pokies losses by venue history, EGM expenditure by venue 2008 to 2022. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.csv (694 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.xlsx (303 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.json (1.2 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.parquet (86 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.sqlite (676 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.ndjson (1.2 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.arrow (171 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.csv.gz (132 KB) Pinned version 2025-08-26: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/rows?financial_year=eq.Detail%20Data%202021%20-%202022®ion=neq.Total&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/aggregate?group=lga_name&metric=sum.expenditure&financial_year=eq.Detail%20Data%202021%20-%202022®ion=neq.Total Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `financial_year` | string | (sheet) | The publisher's sheet name, for example Detail Data 2021 - 2022. Two sheet names end in a space. | | `venue` | string | (row header 1) | The venue's name in capitals. Blank on the publisher's state total row. | | `region` | string | (row header 2) | Metro or Country. | | `lga_name` | string | (row header 3) | The council area as the publisher writes it. A few names carry an asterisk the publisher's notes explain. | | `venue_type` | string | (row header 4) | Hotel or Club. | | `expenditure` | number | (cell) | The net amount lost by players on the venue's gaming machines in the financial year, in dollars. | ## Versions - 2025-08-26: 7102 rows, 6 fields, sha256 50317563d34e. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/history.tar.zst ## Part of Electronic gaming machine expenditure by venue, Victoria - [Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria, last three years](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Gaming machine data by SA2, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machines-by-sa2/) (Qld) - [Liquor licensed premises, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-liquor-licence-premises/) (NSW) - [Gaming machine data by SA4, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machines-by-sa4/) (Qld) - [Gaming machine data for clubs, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machines-clubs/) (Qld) - [Gaming machine data for hotels, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machines-hotels/) (Qld) - [Gaming machine data, Queensland totals](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machines-total/) (Qld) - [Gambling expenditure by stream, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gambling-expenditure/) (Qld) - [Gaming venues by number of machines, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-gaming-machine-ranges/) (Qld) - [Liquor and gaming licences, South Australia, September 2018](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-liquor-gaming-licences-2018/) (SA) - [Money market interest rates, daily, Reserve Bank of Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/rba-money-market-daily/) (Cth) - [Indicator lending rates, Reserve Bank of Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/rba-indicator-lending-rates/) (Cth) - [Retail deposit and investment rates, Reserve Bank of Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/rba-retail-deposit-rates/) (Cth) ## Attribution and citation Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, Victorian Government, Historical Gaming Expenditure by Venue, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/historical-gaming-expenditure-by-venue, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, Victorian Government, Historical Gaming Expenditure by Venue, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/historical-gaming-expenditure-by-venue, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/ Harvard: Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (2025) Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria, 2008-09 to 2021-22, version 2025-08-26 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/ Markdown: Data: [Electronic gaming machine expenditure by venue, Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/historical-gaming-expenditure-by-venue), Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 7,102 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history/v/2025-08-26/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria cover? The current version covers the years since 2008. Each release from VGCCC becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria updated? VGCCC no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Poker machine expenditure by venue, Victoria? No. The publisher is Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/historical-gaming-expenditure-by-venue. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What does each row hold? One hotel or club venue with gaming machines and one financial year from 2008-09 to 2021-22, with the venue's region, council area and type and the amount players lost on its machines in that year, in dollars. Each sheet of the publisher's workbook is one year, and its name is kept in the financial year column. ### What is in the publisher's file that is not here? The workbook also gives each venue's number of machines, under a column whose name changes every year, so it is left out. The row with no venue name is the publisher's total for the state. Each sheet ends with notes on venues that changed name or closed, which are not rows of data. Venues closed from March 2020 under the COVID-19 restrictions, so 2019-20 to 2021-22 are lower. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-gaming-expenditure-by-venue-history.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.