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A lack of regulation has made New Zealand an easy target for online gambling providers, with estimated spending increasing from $139.3m in 2014 to $332.6m in 2020 New Zealand's unregulated online gambling space is expected to hit $600 million by 2025 if the Government doesn't step in to stem "aggressive targeting" from offshore providers. Late last…

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Lotto tickets in hot demand ahead of tonight's $20m jackpot

Kiwis are rushing into lucky Lotto stores ahead of tonight's $20 million jackpot draw. Unichem Stortford Lodge Pharmacy in Hastings - which has been dubbed among the nation's luckiest stores having sold more First Division-winning tickets than any other in New Zealand - said it had experienced a morning rush. "It's busy at the moment that's for…

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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has today launched an inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on people with gambling problems. Chair of the Committee, Ms Peta Murphy MP, said'the inquiry will be a fresh look at online gambling and whether current laws, regulations, consumer protections and…

Law ・ 15 September 2022

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How New Zealanders bought the Lotto dream

This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

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How Kiwis bought into the Lotto dream

For years, Lotto pitched certain stores as "lucky". They weren't. In fact, the chances of becoming a problem gambler far outweigh the chances of winning a big Powerball prize. Guyon Espiner investigates. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press…

Lottery ・ 15 September 2022

Otago Daily Times

How we bought into the Lotto dream

For years, Lotto pitched certain stores as "lucky". They weren't. In fact, the chances of becoming a problem gambler far outweigh the chances of winning a big Powerball prize. Guyon Espiner investigates. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press…

Lottery ・ 14 September 2022

NZ Herald

'Gamblers' fallacy': How we were sold the fiction of 'lucky' Lotto stores

Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the country. "NZ's luckiest stores revealed ahead of $28 million Powerball draw," Lotto headlined its…

Lottery ・ 14 September 2022

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How NZers bought the Lotto dream

This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

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How we bought the Lotto dream

This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

Lottery ・ 14 September 2022

NZ Herald

Lotto: Powerball jackpot grows to $20m this Saturday

The numbers are in for tonight's Lotto draw, with nobody winning the $17 million Powerball jackpot. Tonight's numbers were: 31, 4, 18, 34, 27 and 5. The bonus ball was 30 and the Powerball was 8. A lucky Lotto player from Whanganui won $1 million tonight with first division but Powerball was not struck and has rolled over to Saturday night, where…

Winnings ・ 14 September 2022

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New Zealand’s Government Faces Criticism for Allowing Children to Purchase Lotto Tickets

The Government of New Zealand is being urged to prevent Lotto from offering their gambling products to children to buy. For the time being, the only age limit on the games offered by the Lotto is an R-18 restriction on Instant Kiwi. As revealed by research held by the director of the Gambling and Addictions Research Centre at Auckland University of…

Lottery ・ 14 September 2022

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Lotto: Tonight's draw offers a potential $17 million jackpot

Tonight's Lotto draw is offering a $17 million Powerball jackpot. The life-changing sum would be the largest prize since a Kaikōura man won $8.2m last month. He had no knowledge of his win until his partner texted him: "Did you win Lotto last night? Someone in Kaikōura did!" Sure enough, he was New Zealand's newest multi-millionaire. The man was in…

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Lotto urged to scrap plans to launch online bingo game amid fears of increasing 'risk of harm for Māori and Pacific communities'

Lotto is being urged to drop plans to launch an online Bingo game, with a member of its expert advisory panel saying it could increase gambling harm in Māori and Pasifika communities. The warning comes as documents obtained for RNZ's investigation into Lotto show it already has major holes in its engagement strategy with Māori and Pasifika, who are…

Bingo ・ 07 September 2022

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NZ's Gambling Act not 'fit for purpose'

New Zealand's Gambling Act 2003 is "old" and "not really fit for purpose", the Problem Gambling Foundation says. It comes after RNZ on Monday revealed nearly 70% of Lotto shop sales come from the poorest half of the community. Lotto accepts it has too many stores in low-income areas. The Problem Gambling Foundation's marketing and communications…

Law ・ 07 September 2022

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Lotto warned $25M online Bingo plan could create more harm

This is the second story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto is being urged to drop plans to launch an online Bingo game, with a member of its expert advisory panel saying it could increase gambling harm in Māori and Pasifika communities. By Guyon Espiner for rnz.co.nz The warning comes as documents obtained for…

Bingo ・ 07 September 2022

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Lotto warned $25 million online Bingo plan could create more harm

This is the second story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto is being urged to drop plans to launch an online Bingo game, with a member of its expert advisory panel saying it could increase gambling harm in Māori and Pasifika communities. The warning comes as documents obtained for RNZ's investigation into Lotto…

Bingo ・ 22 October 2022

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Equity the New Focus in Battle Against Problem Gambling

A new health strategy turns its sights on the stigmas and social inequities caused - and exacerbated - by problem gambling The Ministry of Health has launched a new strategy to put equity in the centre of their response to preventing the harms of problem gambling, buoyed by publicly-funded research from the University of Auckland. The rejigging of…

Gambling Addiction ・ 11 July 2022

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NZ increases problem gambling services spending by almost 25%

The latest triennial Ministry of Health plan comes in the wake of record gambling expenditure in the country during 2020-21, when $2.62bn was spent on non-casino gaming machine operators (NCGMs), Lotto NZ, TAB NZ and casinos combined. The 24.6% increase in Ministry expenditure on gambling services between 2022-25 comes at a time when, as the…

Gambling Addiction ・ 27 June 2022

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Lotto NZ proposal to ramp up online gaming options causes concern

Lotto has plans for a third weekly draw and a significant ramping up of its online gaming options, the Otago Daily Times has revealed. But the changes - which Lotto says are not yet concrete and some of which would require ministerial approval - have social agencies worried Lotto could suck in desperate people already struggling with the rising…

Lottery ・ 04 June 2022

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Lotto has plans for a third weekly draw and a significant ramping up of its online gaming options, the Otago Daily Times can exclusively reveal. But the changes - which Lotto says are not yet concrete and some of which would require ministerial approval - have social agencies worried Lotto could suck in desperate people already struggling with the…

Lottery ・ 03 June 2022

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Victorian government accused of cash grab over Oz Lotto changes

The Victorian government has been accused of a cash grab after it proposed changes to Oz Lotto draws that opponents say will make it harder for people to win the jackpot. Changes to Oz Lotto mean the chance of winning the jackpot go from roughly one in 45 million to one in 63 million The state opposition has accused the government of a cash…

Lottery ・ 07 April 2022

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Kiwibank customers spending $30m every month playing on online gambling sites

Newshub can reveal that customers of Kiwibank are spending around $30 million every month playing on online gambling sites. And that's just one bank's data. It comes as Internal Affairs says a review to regulate online gambling is "ongoing", despite it being three years since the review was first announced. Online gambling, whether it be pokies or…

Gambling Sites ・ 30 March 2022

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Covid-19 lockdowns causing more Pasifika to turn to online gambling

Concern is growing that prolonged Covid-19 lockdowns are causing an increase in online gambling within Pacific communities according to a problem gambling support service. Problem gambling support service Mapu Maia is reporting more people are gambling online over lockdown, and the impacts will be detrimental if government policy isn't changed to…

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