Gambling Talk | New Zealand | Online Gambling Restricted
Sweeping law changes that will control the growth of gambling venues and restrict internet gambling come into effect tomorrow.
It will harder to get gambling licences and easier to lose them, the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs said in a statement today.
The NZ Gambling Act which was passed last year and comes into effect tomorrow, does not allow for any more casinos and stops the six existing ones expanding their operations.
♠ In other changes, the department must now refuse to grant gambling licences unless applicants show they are suitable.
♠ Currently, the department must show applicants are unsuitable or grant them a licence.
♠ From tomorrow, licences will also be refused unless applicants can show they will minimise the risks of problem gambling
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Gamblog comment :: About bloody time cobber - monitoring of those who receive gambling licenses should have been in place from year dot otherwise problem gambling is bound to rear it's ugly head. Doh.
Source :: New Zealand Herald
