Is online gambling legal in New Zealand?
Legal & regulated
New Zealand legalized online gambling in July 2025 with 15 licensed platforms.
New Zealand is one of 6 countries classified “Legal & regulated” for online gambling — 27% of the 22 with data. (Also searched as online betting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Online gambling
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Australia
- Partially legal Australia bans most online gambling but permits licensed sports betting and some offshore interactive games.
- Philippines
- Partially legal Philippines regulates online gambling through PAGCOR with proposed restrictions but no outright ban yet.
- Singapore
- Illegal Singapore prohibits online gambling, with the Remote Gambling Bill introduced in 2014 to counter online gambling activities.
- Argentina
- Varies by region Online gambling regulation varies by province in Argentina, with no federal law governing the practice.
- Bangladesh
- Illegal Online gambling is illegal in Bangladesh, with frequent busts and no comprehensive laws covering online gambling.
- South Africa
- Illegal South Africa has gambling laws but they are weakly enforced, making online gambling effectively illegal.
Other laws in New Zealand
- Cryptocurrency
- Legal
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