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Kiwi Banks at Odds With Aussie Bosses Over Gambling On Credit

Australian banks are supporting a Canberra government ban on gamblers using their credit cards to bet online. Their Kiwi subsidiaries are taking quite a different position. The idea of someone taking out a credit card to hit the pokies online is either A-okay or deeply concerning, depending on whether you're an Australian bank in Australia or the…
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Enforcement will be key as casino rules tightened

From next year casinos and venues with pokie machines will be on a tighter leash with higher standards expected and harsher penalties, with a full review of the Gambling Act to follow. The new regulations include rules for where casinos could put their machines, mandatory training for staff, and new punishments for venues that don't…
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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…
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Online Gambling 'Aggressively' Targeting New Zealand

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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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 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 New Zealanders bought the Lotto dream
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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…
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'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…
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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…
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How we bought into the Lotto dream
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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…
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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…
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Lotto warned $25 million online Bingo plan could create more harm for Pasifika and Māori

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…
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Lotto warned $25 million online Bingo plan could create more harm for Pasifika and Māori
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Department of Internal Affairs launches investigation into Auckland's SkyCity Casino following Newshub's covert filming exercise

The Department of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation after Newshub managed to play the pokies for almost six hours at SkyCity Auckland without being asked by staff to take a break. Newshub's covert filming at the casino follows a damning audit that identified multiple "systemic" failures at the company's Auckland casino. But the very…
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