You can always count on Microgaming to release new and innovative titles every month. Just in case you’re getting bored with the online slots available out there at the moment, Microgaming always comes along with something new at just the right time. This month, the popular online slot machine developer has launched a selection of…
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Auckland Casino Launches High Roller Rooms
Normally, land-based casinos appeal to a general clientele, offering games that are ideal for a wide range of budgets. High rollers are normally confined to small areas of land-based casinos, but Star City changed things up recently. Over the course of the Rugby World Cup, the Auckland casino took great measures to appeal to high…
New Zealand Lottery Sells Tickets Online
The New Zealand Lotteries Commission now allows for players to purchase their tickets online. It may not seem like it, but this is a huge step forward for the country, in terms of progress towards legalizing and regulation online gambling in New Zealand. Players can sign up to the NZLotteries website, where they will now…
Harawira would ban pokies in poor areas
The MP of Te Tai Tokerau has spoken of a radical plan to reduce gambling problems in New Zealand’s poorer communities… He believes that banning pokies altogether would be a simple way to eradicate the problem. Mr Hone Harawira thinks that the NZ$3.7m lost by gamblers in the Whangarei area, from April to June alone…
Imigrants to NZ can have gambling problems
Simon Tam, a councillor for the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand (PGFNZ) has said that immigrants from Asia who find it hard to adjust to life in New Zealand, can be susceptible to loneliness and can turn to life in casinos by way of forging a life in the country. Tam states that life…
Wairarapa area to have a poker machine review
The Wairarapa Times-Age reports that as many as 500 people in the Wairarapa area could be problem gamblers – it based on the stat that 1.8% of Kiwis are reported to be problem gamblers. It’s an interesting figure, given that spending on lotteries, pokies and casinos have dropped in New Zealand over the past 12…
Online gambling companies pay commission to third parties for new players
Originally Posted on Tuesday Aug 16 9:19:00 BST 2011 There is an interactive and online gambling inquiry in Australia at the moment, and no doubt interested parties in New Zealand are keeping a watchful eye on proceedings. The Chief Executive of Sportsbet, which is based in the Northern Territory in Australia, has revealed that it…
World Cup inspires online gambling
Originally Posted on Saturday Sep 17 16:19:00 BST 2011 TAB has reported that the World Cup has seen record numbers of punters placing a bet. Gambling, particularly online, is easier than ever before. The number of people with access to smartphones and computers has never been higher, and a touch of a button will give…
Smoking in pokie machine areas
Originally Posted on Thursday Sep 1 15:55:00 BST 2011 The New Zealand Gambling Commission surprised many people recently by allowing the Auckland and Dunedin casinos to have pokie machines in smoking areas. Critics of this move say that allowing people to smoke while playing the machines will increase gambling problems. On top of this Auckland’s…
