{"id":777048632,"date":"2026-10-15T07:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048632"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:40:23","slug":"digiplus-new-zealand-casino-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-new-zealand-casino-licence","title":{"rendered":"DigiPlus withdraws New Zealand casino licence bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippine operator says the decision will not affect its international expansion strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DigiPlus Interactive Corp has withdrawn from New Zealand\u2019s online casino licensing auction, citing market analysis and an assessment of market valuations as the reasons for its decision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It said the withdrawal would not affect its existing businesses or alter its international expansion strategy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Zealand\u2019s auction concluded on October 12 with 11 entities securing the right to apply for licences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand.- <strong>DigiPlus Interactive Corp<\/strong> says it has withdrawn from New Zealand\u2019s online casino licensing application process. In an October 14 disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company said it had decided not to proceed after a review of the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter further market analysis and determination of market values, the Company has decided to abstain from the final rounds of the New Zealand auction on the right to apply for an online gaming licence,\u201d DigiPlus stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added: \u201cThis results in no impact on the Company&#8217;s businesses or deviation from the Company&#8217;s international expansion strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-online-casino-licences-2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-online-casino-licences-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 companies<\/a> have won the right to apply for one of New Zealand\u2019s new online casino licences following the completion of a competitive auction that attracted <strong>32 bidders <\/strong>and set the price of a licence at NZD15m (US$8.4m) per licence for <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/around-50-operators-could-compete-for-15-online-casino-licences-in-new-zealand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 available slots under the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DigiPlus holds gaming licences in Brazil and South Africa, but Brazil has provisionally banned online gambling. The company<strong> <\/strong>said that development is <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-brazil-betting-ban\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-brazil-betting-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not expected to affect its overall financial<\/a> or operating position materially.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/New-Zealand-Local-council-seeks-controlled-pokie-expansion-900x600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/around-50-operators-could-compete-for-15-online-casino-licences-in-new-zealand\">Around 50 operators could compete for 15 online casino licences in New Zealand<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine operator says the decision will not affect its international expansion strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777034663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"DigiPlus Interactive Corp has withdrawn from New Zealand's online casino licensing auction, citing market analysis and valuation concerns, while asserting no impact on its existing operations or international expansion strategy. The New Zealand auction concluded with 11 entities securing rights to apply for licences, each priced at NZD15m, as DigiPlus also noted Brazil's provisional online gambling ban would not materially affect its financial position.","focusai_entities":"DigiPlus Interactive Corp, Philippine Stock Exchange","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Philippines, Brazil, South Africa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NZ Auction Valuation Factors","query":"What specific market valuation metrics or competitive landscape factors led DigiPlus to withdraw from the New Zealand online casino licensing auction, and how might this influence other potential bidders' strategies?"},{"label":"Brazil Ban Financial Impact","query":"Given DigiPlus's assertion that Brazil's provisional online gambling ban will not materially affect its financial position, what are the underlying assumptions or mitigating strategies supporting this claim, particularly regarding NGR contribution?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24826,24370,1897,338],"class_list":["post-777048632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-business","tag-digiplus","tag-igaming","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048632","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777048632"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048647,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048632\/revisions\/777048647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777034663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}