{"id":777015570,"date":"2024-05-16T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015570"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:13:20","slug":"new-zealand-man-charged-over-illegal-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-man-charged-over-illegal-lottery","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: man charged over illegal lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lottery allegedly generated over NZ$11m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand.- A Christchurch man and his company have been charged with conducting illegal gambling, promoting illegal gambling, and making a pecuniary gain from illegal gambling under the Gambling Act 2003 (the Act). The man allegedly ran illegal lotteries online, offering prizes like high-value cars, boats, caravans, cash, and a freehold house.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to<strong> the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA)<\/strong>, the lottery allegedly made over NZ$11m in a little over a year, making it the largest illegal lottery identified in New Zealand.\u00a0 According to New Zealand law, gambling with prizes over NZ$5,000 can only be operated by a not-for-profit society for authorised purposes and requires a class 3 gambling licence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vicki Scott<\/strong>, director\u00a0of gambling,\u00a0DIA, said: \u201cOur strict licensing requirements are there for a reason. We will not hesitate to respond\u00a0firmly\u00a0when we see instances of illegal gambling such as unlicensed online lotteries. We have no tolerance for those who seek to profit by bypassing the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/auckland-man-sentenced-for-theft-of-gaming-grant-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Auckland man sentenced for theft of gaming grant funds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lottery allegedly generated over NZ$11m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A Christchurch individual and their company face charges under New Zealand's Gambling Act 2003 for operating an illegal online lottery that allegedly generated over NZ$11m, making it the largest identified in the country. The Department of Internal Affairs emphasizes strict licensing requirements for gambling activities, particularly for prizes exceeding NZ$5,000, which mandate not-for-profit operation and a Class 3 licence. This enforcement action underscores the regulator's firm stance against unlicensed gambling and profit-driven circumvention of established governance frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Vicki Scott","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Christchurch","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of this significant enforcement action on the New Zealand iGaming market's regulatory compliance landscape and the operational strategies of licensed B2C operators?"},{"label":"AML & Illicit Proceeds","query":"Given the NZ$11m in alleged illicit proceeds, what enhanced anti-money laundering (AML) measures or financial intelligence sharing initiatives might the DIA consider to detect and disrupt similar large-scale illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777015570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015570","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=777015570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015579,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015570\/revisions\/777015579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}