Recent content by CSFoyle

It was a clock auction, 32 bidders over ten rounds, and the winners all paid the same price, NZ$15 million per licence. You can dislike the model. It wasn't a beauty contest.

That's a fair hit, actually. I gave Kiwivin the list as if it answered his question, and for most brands it doesn't. The register is the thing to wait for.

I haven't seen anything confirming who's behind it. The DIA list is company names and nothing else.

The eleven that won the right to apply, as DIA listed them on 13 October: Baytree Interactive (Betway) Christchurch Online NZ One Casino Playvia Gaming (Entain) Rock Swift Group Rush Entertainment Skill On Net SkyCity NZ Online NO1 SkyCity NZ Online NO2 Stake TAB New Zealand 15 rights between...

Dec 31 is wrong, and so is the June 2027 reading. Here is actual DIA timeline: 1 December 2026 providers that haven't applied for a licence must stop offering online casino gambling in New Zealand. Providers with an application under way can keep operating until it's decided. If it's declined...

A provisional measure has force immediately but has to go through Congress to survive. The amendment deadline was extended to just before midnight on the 13th, so... Separately, two industry bodies have gone to the Supreme Federal Court asking for the whole thing to be struck down. No timetable...

Worth knowing what the measure actually obliges them to do, because the window isn't as generous as it sounds. MP 1.394 was signed on 25 September and bit on publication - no new bets, no new deposits, same day. Operators had to hand the banks a list of balances against each bettor's taxpayer...

Well that's a fair hit, actually. @Kiwivin what did the bank transfer option call itself? If it's something I've not seen on a NZ-facing site before that's worth knowing, because the payment stack is usually the first place you can tell who's building for a licence and who isn't.

They're on the EOI list. But a foreign licence buys them nothing here - the Act is explicit that holding one from a recognised regulator doesn't entitle you to a New Zealand one. They apply like everyone else and they can be refused like everyone else. Wouldn't assume the land-based history...

No. And neither is anything else - not one operator holds a DIA licence today. Anything calling itself a licensed New Zealand casino right now is lying to you. Since it trips everyone up here is the sequence: 1 May - Act came into force 8 July - minimum standards regulations took effect 17 July...