Online Casino Growth with Kiwis
New information that is just being released concerning the New Zealand online
casino gambling market is pretty alarming. The country has an extremely rapid
rate of internet gambling growth despite the fact that the New Zealand market
has no forms of regulation in place to control the internet gambling companies
that are accessing the NZ market. The problem is really focused on the offshore
online casinos, but there is a deeper issue through this all as well. There is
no denying that the NZ government needs to consider putting new regulations in
place that would protect citizens from the internet gambling site and at least
regulate the way in which foreign internet gambling companies are able to access
the NZ market.
Consider the size of the country and the really laid back attitude with which
Kiwis address most situations, it is very surprising that they are spending
nearly $40 million each on online casino gambling. The amount spent at offshore
casinos is well over the amount spent on the national lottery. And according to
the facts and figures just gathered, the rate of gambling is actually reaching
nearly six percent. With precisely 5.7 percent of the New Zealand market seeking
out online gambling in some form, it seems high time that the government
actually consider regulating the industry and addressing the situation before
problem gambling starts to become a bit issue.
What a lot of international countries are learning is that there is really no
way to actually fully stop citizens from accessing the foreign online casinos.
The internet is too pervasive of a medium. The best solution thus far has been
the licensing and regulation of gambling sites as s way to protect citizens and
consistently monitor the industry. |