The world of casinos in New Zealand & history and laws

Thanks to the virtual world the number of New Zealand playing on online casinos has steadily increased , that's because as all of us New Zealanders know the casinos have been banned in the country since 1946. , but there are still those who ask why all this and if one day it will be legalized within our country.

A little more history

The casino games in New Zealand are considered gambling since 1946 when the president of the time, General nzdico Gaspar, granted the request of his religious wife, Carmela Dutra, who because she was devout to Catholicism believed that casinos ”spoiled the people.

The casinos in New Zealand arrived at the time of the Empire, and by mid-1917 it had its games banned with the consolidation of the Republic, but they were legalized again in 1934 by President Getúlio Vargas. Finally, in 1946 through Decree-Law No. 9,215, all gambling should be prohibited throughout the national territory regardless of regulation. At the time, approximately 40 thousand workers lost their jobs , and there was an intense decrease in tourism and a downturn in the country's economy in all sectors.

In 1994, it was suggested that Zico law that said legalize the operation of the practice of bingo to raise money for sports entities , that is, everything that was related to sports.

In 1998, the so-called Pele law that repealed the Zico law and released the bingo games, and Article 59 said: bingo games are allowed throughout the national territory under this law, making bingo games illegal.

After that, in 2000 they had several problems related to the inability of the federal government to accredit and supervise bingos, creating with this a provisional measure that became the Maguito law banning bingo games . Entities say that the Maguito law was actually to regulate gambling in specific law and had no intention of the Prohibition of gambling, and as the rule has not been approved until today the bingo houses have been closed.

In mid-2003/2004 the President Lula intended to regulate bingo reverting to the development of the national sport . Unfortunately, a few days after his declaration, the Provisional Measure n°168/2004 that banned bingos and slot machines was published.

Laws that are currently being studied

Currently New Zealand is with the Senate Bill 186/2014 that authorizes the exploitation of animal games, casinos, bingos and online betting within the entire national territory. The proposal proposes to regulate and supervise gambling allowing the work of licensed companies. In addition, with the release of games should increase tax revenues, generate more jobs, increase tourism and other sectors of the economy and bring to the state coffers an average of approximately $ 15 billion annually .

The proposal also says that the money coming from Bets, will be destined to Health, Social Security and social assistance , that is, it will benefit a large part of the New Zealand population. The bill also provides penalties for fraud in games, regulation of games and defense in the project to open casinos in tourist places .

Now it is to cheer for the project to go ahead and be approved soon ! Access our news page for more articles on betting regulation in New Zealand.