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'Things need tightening up': Government unveils new measures to regulate online gambling

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 13 Nov 2024, 5:42pm
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'Things need tightening up': Government unveils new measures to regulate online gambling

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 13 Nov 2024, 5:42pm

There's some new Government measures to regulate online gambling operators.

Only 15 operators will be granted licenses  - which will include mandatory age verification. 

Ads targeting children will be banned and operators will be limited to casino games, not sports betting or lotteries. 

Breaches could result in $5 million dollar fines. 

Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says things need tightening up.

"At the moment, anybody can go online and play thousands of different regulated games in New Zealand. It is a bit of a wild west." 

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