{"id":777011259,"date":"2023-11-20T09:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011259"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:27:54","slug":"gmanz-challenges-nz-gambling-regulations-in-the-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gmanz-challenges-nz-gambling-regulations-in-the-high-court","title":{"rendered":"GMANZ challenges NZ gambling regulations in the High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand says many of the provisions are unreasonable and unworkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- The GMANZ and three of its members are to <strong>challenge the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) <\/strong>in the High Court, seeking a judicial review of certain aspects of new gambling regulations. The final phase of these regulations is slated to take effect on December 1, but GMANZ says many provisions are unreasonable, irrational, and impractical, particularly those related to player surveillance and reporting requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Dengate Thrush<\/strong>, independent chair of GMANZ, raised concerns about the workability cash withdrawal duties and gaming area sweep duties and said there was insufficient consultation.&nbsp;The association argues that requirements to record every person in a gaming room every 20 minutes are impractical for staff already managing multiple responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GMANZ advocates nationally recognised training for venue managers and staff and the use of problem gambling levy funds for training and technology investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nz-online-gambling-tax-plan-could-face-legal-hurdles-experts-say\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NZ online gambling tax plan could face legal hurdles, experts say<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand says many of the provisions are unreasonable and unworkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) and three members are challenging the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) in the High Court over new gambling regulations. GMANZ argues that provisions, particularly those related to player surveillance, reporting, and cash withdrawal duties, are unreasonable and unworkable, citing insufficient consultation. The association advocates for nationally recognised training and the use of problem gambling levy funds for technology investments.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand, GMANZ, Department of Internal Affairs, DIA, Peter Dengate Thrush","focusai_location":"New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.98), tech_data (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Operator P&L?","query":"What is the projected financial impact on New Zealand gaming operators' profit and loss statements due to the increased operational costs associated with these new surveillance and reporting requirements?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Implications?","query":"Should GMANZ's judicial review succeed, what precedent would this establish for future regulatory consultations and the implementation of compliance frameworks within the New Zealand iGaming and land-based sectors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777011259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011259","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=777011259"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040939,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011259\/revisions\/777040939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}