"We are yet to hear from any official authorities so cannot comment further on this specific scenario. Given that we have a strong working relationship with the New Zealand Racing Board and the authorities that surround and govern racing, we will work closely with them where needed."
One person contacted the Herald saying he had complained to the Department of Internal Affairs about the sweepstake.
"The sweepstake was for a pool of $35,000 and not licenced," he said.
"Besides diverting [money] that possibly would have been spent at the TAB there was no scrutiny or accountability to ensure that the sweepstake was run cleanly."
The man, who wanted to only be referred to as Steven, said he was not a "nasty person", but wanted to see things done the proper way.
He is a member of the Facebook group, and had noticed a sweepstake for the upcoming races in Hawke's Bay that he believed was not being run according to the law.
"I just don't think that they should be doing it," he said.
"I went on the Internal Affairs site and had a look, and anything over $5000 you're meant to have a licence for it. "I'm a person who, I suppose you'd say, generally follows the rules. I'm not trying to be a nasty person."
It was not his intention to have the page shut down, he just wanted Boys Get Paid to apply for the proper licences.
An Internal Affairs spokesman said they were made aware of the "illegal sweepstake" on September 23.
"The department notified Facebook and requested that the post be removed as it breached the Gambling Act 2003.The post has been removed.
"We will communicate with organisers about their post, why it was illegal, how it breaches the Act, the licensing process needed to run these events, information on the prohibition of online-gambling in NZ, and explain that if any money was paid it needs to be refunded."
They have only received one other complaint about the group, in 2018, relating to advertising overseas gambling.
"We contacted the organisers and they removed everything to comply."
