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New Zealand committee backs online casino bill and community funding model

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New Zealand’s Governance and Administration Committee backed the Online Casino Gambling Bill and recommended that the Lottery Grants Board administer funds generated for communities. The proposal would require licensed online operators to contribute to community funding and includes identity checks, spending caps, self-exclusion and advertising rules. The government plans to review the effect on poker-machine revenue after two years.

The committee’s recommendations shape proposed licensing, player-protection and community-funding obligations for online casino operators.

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Wyoming gaming committee backs bill to outlaw online sweepstakes casinos

Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming unanimously supported draft legislation banning online sweepstakes casinos. The proposal would make operating these platforms a felony but still requires legislative passage and enactment. Industry attorneys warned that its broad wording could also criminalise legitimate promotional sweepstakes involving everyday purchases.

Wyoming's Select Committee on Gaming has unanimously supported draft legislation that would classify online sweepstakes casinos as illegal gambling and make operating such a platform a felony in the state. The proposal is not yet law: it would need to be introduced, approved by the full Wyoming Legislature and enacted before it takes effect for operators or players.

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