New Zealand News - Page 3

A new plan for a Wellington casino collapsed when the government refused to lift a moratorium on new casinos.

SkyCity Queenstown Casino celebrates it's ninth birthday this week.

International news brief: Fake banknotes adding up to $5.5 million were dumped outside Sky City's Auckland casino yesterday to dramatise New Zealanders' gambling losses every day.

International news brief: Community groups who benefit from gaming machine proceeds fear a drop in funding at a time when funds are already scarce.

International news brief: New Zealand's now infamous cashed-up couple skipped across to Macau to fritter away a sizeable chunk of the $3 million.

International news brief: 3 per cent funding cut hits gambling treatment services.

International news brief: SkyCity Hamilton will put more emphasis on 'giving back to the community' despite earnings sliding for the first half of 2009.

International News brief: The fast-forward button got pushed on Hollie and Perry Vogel's wedding plans when they won a poker tournament at Christchurch Casino.

International news brief: House auction is classed as remote interactive gambling and is therefore illegal.

The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour will host events across both countries with the season kicking off in early February.

International news brief: A 'laissez-faire approach' towards poker machines by southern local bodies has come at a cost to communities, according to the Problem Gambling Foundation.

International news brief: Punters had a battle getting into the Dunedin Casino on Sunday morning, after a man drove his car through a front window of the Southern Cross Hotel.

International news brief: SkyCity Hamilton Casino has opened its tables to 24-hour gambling at weekends, citing international demand.

International News Brief: News Zealand Lotto has introduced an online version, expected to generate more than $7 million in revenue in its first year.

International News Brief: The Gisborne council's tough stance on gaming machine operators is continuing, with the Environment and Policy Committee recommending that the district retain an amended 'sinking lid' policy.

International News Brief: Internal Affairs officials doubt the sale of Lotto tickets over the internet will be sufficient to arrest a long-term decline in New Zealand Lotteries' income unless it is also allowed to sell 'more exciting' games online.

News Brief: Counselling services will still be available for problem gamblers, despite the Gambling Helpline's contract coming to an end, the Ministry of Health says.

International News Brief: A purpose-built $800,000 emergency operations centre for the Marlborough Sounds has received a big boost with a $100,000 donation from the New Zealand pokie funding.

International News Brief: NZ Lotteries has revealed that selling Lottery tickets online is the first of a two-stage plan that could see it offer 'more adventurous games' over the internet within two years.

International News Brief: The New Zealand Internal Affairs Department is investigating a pokie trust that gave $3 million to the racing industry in the last half of last year for what it describes as 'marketing'.