{"id":21983,"date":"2021-08-25T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21983"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:19:09","slug":"new-zealand-spending-on-betting-rises-amid-new-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-spending-on-betting-rises-amid-new-lockdown","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: spending on betting rises amid new lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spending on betting products such as the TAB and Lotto has jumped by 65 per cent in New Zealand under its new &#8220;Level 4&#8221; lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- The announcement of a strict lockdown in New Zealand has led to\u00a0<strong>a rise in betting sales<\/strong>, especially for TAB and Lotto, as casinos remain closed. According to local media reports,\u00a0<strong>spending is up 65 per cent<\/strong>. The country also saw a rise in liquor and retail sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authorities in New Zealand <\/strong>have decided to <strong>extend the country\u2019s Level 4 lockdown<\/strong>\u00a0until August 27, and<strong> until August 31 in Auckland<\/strong>, the epicentre of the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-extends-level-4-lockdown-until-august-27\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Under the \u201cLevel 4\u201d lockdown<\/a>, people can only leave their houses to buy food or medical supplies or for socially distanced exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-auckland-linked-with-covid-19-case\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SkyCity Entertainment Group\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;Auckland venue was in the spotlight after a guest tested positive for Covid-19 last week. The customer visited on Saturday August 14. According to local media reports,&nbsp;<strong>there were 240 workers at SkyCity Auckland<\/strong>&nbsp;and thousands of patrons deemed close contacts were told to isolate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SkyCity also closed its venues in Hamilton and Queenstown<\/strong>&nbsp;until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last 24 hours, 63 new Covid-19 cases were detected in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spending on betting products such as the TAB and Lotto has jumped by 65 per cent in New Zealand under its new &#8220;Level 4&#8221; lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand's Level 4 lockdown has driven a 65% surge in spending on online betting products like TAB and Lotto, while land-based casinos, including SkyCity Entertainment Group's venues, remain closed due to COVID-19 restrictions and exposure incidents. The lockdown extension, particularly in Auckland, underscores a significant shift in consumer gambling behavior towards digital channels amidst operational disruptions for physical gaming establishments.","focusai_entities":"TAB, Lotto, SkyCity Entertainment Group","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.88)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SkyCity Digital Strategy?","query":"How will the sustained shift in consumer gambling preferences, evidenced by the online betting surge, impact SkyCity Entertainment Group's long-term digital strategy and capital allocation for its iGaming division?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response to Online GGR?","query":"What specific responsible gambling measures are New Zealand regulators implementing or considering to mitigate risks associated with the 65% surge in online betting GGR during the extended Level 4 lockdown?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,158],"tags":[229,3573],"class_list":["post-21983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21993,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983\/revisions\/21993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}