Dice Set to Roll for New Zealand Online Gambling
23 Aug 2005
"A contract concluded last week with US-based provider Gtech will see a refresh of New Zealand's entire population of Lotto terminals, currently numbering 1,450 and growing. This will be followed by the introduction of new products, including "remote interactive gaming", or RIG.
"Where RIG has been offered overseas, it has often been provided over the internet as well as through dedicated networks, Lotteries spokeswoman Helen Morgan-Banda says. Whether it is offered over the internet here will be the subject of further negotiation, "but we have the legal right to offer interactive gaming, under the Gambling Act", she says..."