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Cricket board talk to Brendon McCullum over gambling ads
McCullum joined the company as an ambassador in January.
‘Aggressive marketing’: Complaint made over Brendon McCullum ad
The Department of Internal Affairs has labelled the former Black Cap's ad "misleading".
Gambling 'bounce-back': Record pokie spend in 2020
In the three months to December 2020, Kiwis spent $252m on poker machines.
Lotto scraps Six60 scratchies after uproar
Lotto NZ will remove its Six60 scratchies from sale after public backlash.
SkyCity Hamilton loses fight to increase pokie machines; swap out Blackjack tables
The gaming giant lost its fight to swap Blackjack tables for pokie machines.
A decade of Lotto: The biggest winners and the luckiest shops revealed
A decade of Lotto: the biggest winners and the luckiest shops revealed.
Hearing for SkyCity's unprecedented pokie machine application starts Tuesday
SkyCity thinks swapping black jack tables for slot machines is fair, council disagrees.
Gambling Commission dealing with complaint over mayor's conduct separately
SkyCity's complaint about Hamilton mayor to be dealt with "separately and subsequently"
Hamilton City Council to spend $150,000 fighting SkyCity's pokie plans
Hamilton council to spend $150,000 fighting casino's proposal to add 60 pokie machines.
Kiwis spent $2.4b on gambling last year
Kiwis spent the equivalent of $648 per person on gambling last year.
Fewer Kiwis gambling, but level of harm stays the same
Pokies, Instant Kiwi and online gambling have been blamed for problem gamblers relapsing.
Gambling on a brighter future
The Government is poised to overhaul the $843m pokie machine system.
Problem gambling: Appeal Court backs funding cut
A Government decision to cut funding to New Zealand's biggest problem gambling programme has been backed by the Court of Appeal.
Funding win for Problem Gambling Foundation
The Problem Gambling Foundation has won a challenge against the Ministry of Health, which wanted to cut its funding.
Foundation's death notice was premature
Sixteen months after a Government decision to end most of its contracts, the Problem Gambling Foundation has won a year’s further reprieve.
102 venues. One stopped the 'addict'
It was a sting operation - but Internal Affairs is disappointed just one gambling venue out of 102 stopped their fake addict from gambling.
Foundation takes Ministry of Health to court
The Problem Gambling Foundation will take the Ministry of Health to court to try to overturn a decision.
Gambling service boost for Maori, Pacific
Maori and Pacific problem gambling services have won more money out of a tender which stopped all funding for the country's biggest provider, the Problem Gambling Foundation.
Light shed on funding bids
Pacific broadcaster Fa'amatuainu Tino Pereira was the sole non-bureaucrat on a panel that evaluated bids in a controversial tender that axed most of the Problem Gambling Foundation's funding.
Gambling fund panel conflicts disclosed
Two of the six panel members who made the shock decision to stop funding the Problem Gambling Foundation had conflicts of interest, a review has found.
Gambling body eyes legal action
The Problem Gambling Foundation is seeking legal advice over a possible High Court challenge to a controversial Government decision to axe funding for most of its services for gambling addicts.
Dunne denies PGF cuts are punishment
The plug has been pulled on government funds for the Problem Gambling Foundation, amid claims it's payback for opposing the SkyCity convention centre deal.