Online gambling initiative will increase gambling - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Online gambling initiative will increase gambling harm

"It is reprehensible that the Government is launching a whole new online gaming initiative through the internet sale of lotto tickets," Green Party Spokesperson on Gambling Sue Bradford said this afternoon.

"At a time when we already have enough issues with problem gambling in communities throughout New Zealand, the Minister responsible, Rick Barker, has seen fit to create new opportunities for high risk gambling harm, in total contradiction to the supposed purposes of the 2003 Gambling Act.

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