New Zealand Casinos

The trend was going up year to year, showing that although New Zealand is not traditionally a country where people go to gamble, it is before more popular.

Gambling in casinos first was legalized in New Zealand in 1994, when Christchurch Casino became the first casino to open its doors. Currently, there are only a handful of casinos in this country, the largest of which is Auckland’s Sky City Casino with 110 table games and over 1,600 slot machines and video machines. Online gambling is heavily restricted in New Zealand, making casinos even more popular for residents and tourists alike.

New Zealand does claim its own little part in gambling history, as it because the first county to offer totalisor sports bettering for horse racing and greyhound racing. Today, a special racing board governs these sports and the gambling involved with them.

You must be 18 to gamble in New Zealand. One study done in the past decade showed that 94% of New Zealand’s residents had participated in gambling at least once in their lives, and 86% had gambled at least once in the past six months. Most of that gambling is done through the national lottery, but 11% over males and 10% of females had been to a casino in the past six months. As gambling in New Zealand increases, the government will feel increasing pressure to give out more casino licenses, providing new opportunities for those wishing to gamble.

Christchurch Casino
30 Victoria Street
Christchurch, South Island 8001
New Zealand
64-3-365-9999

Dunedin Casino
118 High Street
Dunedin, South Island 9001
New Zealand
64-800-477-4545

Lasseters Wharf Casino
Beach Street
Steamer Wharf
Queenstown, South Island 9300
New Zealand
64-3-441-1495

Sky City Auckland
Federal Street and Victoria Street
Auckland, North Island 1001
New Zealand
64-9-363-6000

Sky City Hamilton
346 Victoria Street
Hamilton, North Island 2001
New Zealand
64-7-834-4900

Sky City Queenstown Casino
16-24 Beach Street
Queenstown, South Island 8009
New Zealand
64-3-441-0400