Last year the Ministry prepared its consultation document entitled Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Harm for the year 2019/20 to 2021/22. Te idea is to set a new levy rate for each gambling sector payable to the Problem Gambling Levy for the next three year period and consultations ended in September 2018.
Te Ministry wants to collect around $20m each year (or a total of $60m over the next three year period 2019- 2022) which will go towards Public health services, research and intervention services.
It is estimated one in five New Zealand adults are affected by problem gambling in some way.
Jenny Salesa, Associate Health Minister said: “Estimates suggest 37,000 people aged 15 years or older are at a high risk of harm from gambling or are ‘problem gamblers.’ Gambling and its effects can impact on anyone at any time.”
Between the period of July 2017 and June 2018 over 10,000 clients were assisted by the Ministry of Health for Problem Gambling treatment services of which 7,440 were new clients and 3,115 were existing clients.
Over 5,000 were related to EGMs, 2,000 to casino slots and table games, over 1,200 to the lottery and 1,000 to the NZ Racing Board whilst other problems related to cards and bingo.
REMOTE GAMBLING Te remote gambling is another area which is
“New Zealanders may have gambled approximately $300m with offshore providers in 2017, with the market growing annually between 12 and 20 per cent. I personally have noticed an increased interest from offshore-based providers wanting to provide a gambling product for the New Zealand market. I now regularly provide compliance advice to offshore based developers of gambling related apps.” Jarrod True, an expert on gambling law and head of True Legal law firm
racing codes to offer this. Each greyhound venue is now connected remotely to this control room and is also available in High Definition quality. It is understood this is a first for racing in the Southern Hemisphere where live television is produced from remote locations using a centralised control room. Te NZRB has partnered with Vocus Communication to develop the network.
NEW LEVY RATES Further changes in New Zealand relate to the
levy funds applied to all gambling sectors. Te Ministry of Health is responsible for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling
which is funded through a levy on gambling operators.
Tis levy is collected from profits from the main four operators – EGMs, Casinos, the NZ Racing Board and NZ Lotteries Commission. Tere is a formula for the levy rate for each sector within the Gaming Act which is reviewed every three years.
Te levy is calculated using rates of player expenditure (losses) on each gambling sector and rates of client presentations to problem gambling services attributed to each sector.
facing changes. At the moment under the Gambling Act 2003 only the NZRB (TAB) and NZLC (MyLotto) have approval to run online gambling sites in New Zealand whilst any promotion and advertising of online gambling in New Zealand is prohibited.
However it is reported that at least 13 offshore gambling websites currently use .nz addresses even though they are not run within the country or subject to the NZ gambling regulations. Although players are not prohibited from accessing these sites, the authorities are concerned for consumer protection and safety. A review is now underway.
Jarrod True, an expert on gambling law and head of True Legal law firm said: “A Cabinet paper released under the Official Information Act details the rise in participation in online gambling by New Zealanders and the desire to pass new legislation to address problem gambling concerns and bring online gambling inside the tax net.
“Te paper cites research suggesting that New Zealanders may have gambled approximately $300m with offshore providers in 2017, with the market growing annually between 12 and 20 per cent. I personally have noticed an increased interest from offshore-based providers wanting to provide a gambling product for the New Zealand market. I now regularly provide compliance advice to offshore based developers of gambling related apps.
“Included in the government’s sights are gambling products that link video games with gambling. Tis includes micro-transactions or in-app purchases within games where players
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