What do you think about plans to bring a new iGaming licensing authroity to New Zealand?

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Jack Bannon

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New Zealand plans to regulate all online casinos by 2026 via a domestic licensing framework.

Here is some background info:

To date, plans state that all overseas online casinos will be banned. Therefore, players who play at casinos operating under the Malta Gaming Authority or Curacao GCB will not be allowed to offer online gambling services to Kiwi players.

More information:

Number of Licences: A limited number of licences will be allocated by auction.

Casino Games Only: Operators can only offer online casino games, not sports betting or lottery products

For the full news story, which includes comments by Hon Brooke Van Velden:

https://casinoplusbonus.com/en/new-zealand-domestic-online-casino-regulator-by-2026-2465/

This topic was modified 2 months ago by Jack Bannon

Posted : February 8, 2025 12:33 pm

SimonW

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I read your article about it. No news here in NZ about it. Must be under wraps or something. If the government bans casinos not following our rules, does that mean I can't play at Nine Casino or Wheelz? ONLY 9 online casinos can apply in a bidding war? Right now I have access to thousands of casinos as a Kiwi. Then they want us to choose from 9? Am I readying this right. Come on what happened to free choice?

Posted : February 9, 2025 6:46 am