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Overall in the 2013/2014 financial year New Zealanders spent $1.54 billion on the four main forms of gambling, an increase of less than one percent, while casino spending fell 2.1 percent.
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SkyCity offered no full-year profit guidance, and its major capital investment project – an international convention centre in Auckland – is now in considerable doubt.
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