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New Zealand extends SkyCity Queenstown casino licence for 15 years

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New Zealand extended the licence for SkyCity’s Queenstown casino for 15 years, effective 7 December 2025, the report said. Separately, the government is considering increasing the proposed online gambling duty from 12% to 16%, with the extra 4% allocated to community returns, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden said.

The licence extension sets the Queenstown casino’s operating term while a proposed online gambling duty increase could affect market costs.

End-of-day close SkyCity (SKC), NZD, to 24 December 2025
Story date29 September 202524 December 2025

Latest reported results

SkyCity NZX: SKC

Financial year ended 30 June 2026

Revenue
NZD 813.7m
Operating income
NZD 20.0m

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