Online Casino Gambling In New Zealand

Published: Friday, August 26, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO INTERACTIVE GAMING IN THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD

In New Zealand, significant future potential for the gambling industry

Computer World reported this week that New Zealanders could be legally playing interactive gambling games from home within a year, with the blessing of New Zealand Lotteries following a recent agreement.

The lottery inked a deal with US-based provider Gtech that includes the future introduction of new products, including "remote interactive gaming", or RIG.

"Where RIG has been offered overseas, it has often been provided over the internet as well as through dedicated networks," Lotteries spokeswoman Helen Morgan-Banda is quoted as saying. "Whether it is offered over the internet here (in New Zealand) will be the subject of further negotiation, but we have the legal right to offer interactive gaming, under the Gambling Act."

It could be the start of some exciting industry developments in the Land of the Long White Cloud.