If you want to bet on New Zealand Football, whether on the national team All Whites
or top clubs in the ASB Premiership like Auckland City FC, as of June 2025, the New
Zealand government has changed the law that dictates where you may legally wager
online. Previously, by law, all offshore sportsbooks were open to Kiwis if they wanted
to serve New Zealand. However, new laws in 2025 changed things so that only monopoly
holder brands TAB NZ and Betcha, from Entain, are the legal online sports betting
options. That’s a big shift, from a nearly unlimited number of open brands, some
with NZD accounts, but most without them, to an environment where there are just
two brand options from a single company.
At the same time, the government formalized plans to open a local market of legal
NZ casino sites, set to launch in July of 2026. In the interim period, as major online
casino brands look to gain licenses and open local online pokie and casino brands
in New Zealand, the legislation allows Kiwis to legally play offshore. This will
change once the legal market opens, but until then, offshore sites remain a legal
option. So the government has enforced a monopoly with one kind of online gaming,
while creating an environment of choice for another kind. It’s a different approach,
but it’s what you’ve got now.
