NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T LIKE ONLINE GAMBLING - BUT
INTERNET LOTTO IS OK
21 March 2008
Big changes in store for lottery industry
The New Zealand government is exhibiting similar double
standards to countries like the United States when it
comes to Internet gambling, it appears - although online
gambling is banned, exceptions have been created for
lotteries, and a major initiative is currently underway
to take this form of gambling onto the Internet.
The move will be groundbreaking and will change the
landscape of the lottery in the future, reports Reuters.
Back in 2003, the TAB and NZ Lotteries were excluded
from an online gambling ban. The exemption was aimed at
allowing the groups to offer the lottery online to keep
people from spending their money with offshore
companies.
But retailers who sell lottery tickets are concerned,
saying that the new online sales will almost certainly
hurt retailers.
"Am I expecting it to hurt? Yes. Look at my location,
every Tom, Dick, and Harry around me has got Internet
access. Would you wait here in the queue or go on the
Net and print one out?," said a retail owner in
Wellington.
The expected start time for the Internet sales is a few
weeks. The guess is that the sale of the tickets on the
Internet will eventually make the sales of lottery
tickets in retail stores obsolete.
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