The two apps you can legally use — and the rest, weighed on their own terms

Updated October 2026

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Data current as of October 30, 2026 and checked against the Department of Internal Affairs’ register of betting providers and TAB New Zealand’s published terms.

Two brands may lawfully take a sports or racing bet from someone in New Zealand from a phone: TAB and Betcha. Both belong to TAB New Zealand, run under a long-term partnership with Entain, and answered the same way to the law that closed the door on everyone else on 28 June 2025. Anything else that pops up on an app store, an affiliate page or a Google ad sits outside that legal frame, even when it accepts a New Zealand dollar deposit.

That single fact shapes every choice that follows. The lawful pair offers a fixed menu of sports, racing codes and bet-builder formats, a wallet in New Zealand dollars, and harm-minimisation tools that a New Zealand agency can hold to account. The offshore field offers broader sportsbooks, more markets on each event, and bonus structures the local pair cannot match — at the cost of a New Zealand law the operator is openly breaking, a complaints route that does not lead to a New Zealand authority, and a payout policy that no one in this country can enforce.

This page maps those two paths and the operators in each, and gives a reader who wants to install exactly one app, or who wants to compare what is on offer before deciding, the framework to do that. The lawful pair is named and reviewed; the offshore brands are named and reviewed, each carrying the marker that they are not licensed here; the law behind that line, the safer-betting tools, and the betting mechanics a mobile punter needs are set out below the rankings.

Bonus bets and the welcome offers that travel through an app

A welcome offer is the part of a betting product where marketing works hardest and arithmetic matters most, because the headline number on the banner rarely equals the value the offer adds to a punter’s bank. The shape of an offer in New Zealand is constrained from the start: only TAB and Betcha can lawfully run one for a person in this country, and the offshore brands that do run them are doing so against a regulator that has told them to stop.

The offers the lawful pair actually runs

TAB’s app carries a Bonus Cash welcome structure that splits across multiple bets rather than landing as a single credit, and the same product carries a Mega Multi bonus of up to $50 in Bonus Cash when a multi of four or more legs falls short by a set number of legs. The full mechanics — qualifying bets, the number of legs that miss, the maximum credit — sit in the app’s terms, and any reader taking the offer must consult those terms before staking. Bonus Cash in the TAB product behaves like a free bet whose stake is not returned with a win: a successful bet pays the winnings, the Bonus Cash itself is consumed, and the resulting balance is what can be withdrawn.

Betcha sits inside the same operator group and the same promo envelope, so the practical shape of any welcome offer it runs follows the same logic: a credit that splits, a multi-related bonus on losing tickets, and terms the punter has to clear before a withdrawal. Both apps list a 17+ age rating on the New Zealand App Store while stating that customers must be 18 or over to bet — a marker worth noticing because it tracks the store’s classification, not the law.

What an offshore welcome offer looks like against a TAB Bonus Cash

The offshore brands reviewed below all run some form of welcome structure. The detail of each is best read on the operator’s own terms page, because bonus terms in this market vary considerably in three places that change the value of the offer to a real punter: the wagering multiple, the minimum price that counts toward clearing, and the deadline to clear. A 100% headline match on the first deposit is a marketing line, not a number a reader can take to the bank; what it costs to clear is the figure that matters, and which an offshore operator’s terms page carries.

Two more points sit behind every welcome offer in this market, and a reader on a New Zealand internet connection must weigh them before the bonus arithmetic. The first is the law: an operator paying a welcome bonus to a New Zealand depositor is, on the Department of Internal Affairs’ stated reading, in breach of section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020, and a payment processor, a KYC step or a withdrawal block can land at any point. The second is the marketing itself: the Gambling Advertising Code applies to every advertisement for betting in New Zealand, and a bonus term that targets a younger audience or downplays harm is a code question for the Advertising Standards Authority, not for the punter.

The mobile product itself — what a New Zealand punter actually uses

A betting app is two things: a betting slip and a wallet, sitting on top of a sportsbook and a set of racing markets. The New Zealand field is small in number but dense in coverage for the sports and codes locals bet on, and the offshore field is broad in sports coverage and thin in local depth.

What the TAB app puts on the screen

TAB’s app — listed on the New Zealand App Store as TAB – Racing & Sports Betting under the seller New Zealand Racing Board, first released on 8 September 2014 — covers horse and harness racing, rugby union, rugby league and other sports, with pre-match and live markets on the same wallet. The product layer worth noting:

• Same Race Multis, Same Game Multis, one-tap Popular Multis, and a Place Extra option that backs runners to finish up to tenth in selected races. The multi formats cover the bets a racing or rugby punter actually builds: a Same Game Multi on a Super Rugby Pacific match is one bet slip, multiple outcomes from the one event.
• Trackside live race streaming with in-app betting, racing form, Blackbook and Jockey Challenge tools. The racing depth — form, Blackbook, Trackside — is the part of the product that does not exist in an offshore app, because the racing rights and the form data live with TAB NZ.
• A simplified wallet for deposits and withdrawals, deposit limits set by the punter, time-outs and self-exclusion, and the safer-betting tools the operator must run under its harm-minimisation duties. A self-exclusion on TAB carries across to Betcha inside the same operator group.
• The free Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655) and the text line (8006) sit in the app, and the contact is the front line a punter in trouble in New Zealand is meant to reach first.

What the Betcha app puts on the screen

Betcha sits on the same TAB NZ licence and the same Entain-run product stack, with a 17+ App Store age rating, Safer Betting tools in the app, and the same Gambling Helpline number in the app’s own contact block. First released on 6 August 2024, the app is newer than TAB’s and is positioned as the online-only sister brand. In practice the punter who installs both gets the same racing depth, the same wallet logic and the same safer-betting tools, and the product differences are mostly a different colour scheme and a different bets-on-the-home-page mix.

How the offshore apps differ from the local pair

The offshore apps reviewed below carry a wider sportsbook — football, tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football, baseball, table tennis, esports — and a deeper market per event, with live betting, multi-live views and the cash-out and bet-builder features the New Zealand pair does not foreground. The mobile product itself runs in three shapes across this field: a native iOS/Android app published on the app stores, a mobile-optimised browser site, or a web-app wrapper that installs through the operator’s own page. The age rating on the App Store where these apps are published is not the New Zealand rating and is not the law’s age threshold; the law’s age threshold for TAB NZ betting is 18, and for the offshore brands the operator’s own terms set the bar, most commonly 18 or 21+.

Two practical points sit beneath the offshore product layer:

• Geo-handling. No source states a rule on VPN use, and the offshore apps do not appear to geo-block a New Zealand IP at the app-store level. Some sites are served from mirrors when the main domain is restricted in a region, and that mirror architecture is what makes the address unstable from one day to the next.
• Local payments. The cashier pages of the offshore brands in the comparison below do not all carry a New Zealand country selector. Where the country selector omits New Zealand and the currency is locked to Euro, the practical effect is a punter transacting in a currency they do not bank in, paying a conversion spread on top of the bet’s margin.

The ten brands a New Zealand punter will meet — and what each is worth

The comparison below covers the two lawful brands first, then eight offshore brands that are widely available to a New Zealand internet connection. The two groups are not rivals: the lawful pair holds a monopoly the offshore brands cannot lawfully enter, and the offshore brands offer a product the lawful pair does not match in breadth. Each operator write-up ends on the value the operator adds for a particular kind of punter.

TAB (the lawful pair)

TAB is one of the two online brands of TAB NZ, and the only lawful provider of racing and sports betting to people in New Zealand under section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020, in force since 28 June 2025. TAB’s product is built for the codes locals bet on: horse and harness racing with form, Blackbook and Trackside; rugby union and rugby league; and a multi-bet format that builds a Same Game Multi on a single match. The app supports live betting on the listed sports, carries a simplified wallet, and runs the safer-betting tools TAB NZ must provide under its harm-minimisation duties — deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion, with the Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655) and the text line (8006) in the app.

The value sits where the local punter lives: racing depth and form that no offshore book carries, a wallet in New Zealand dollars, and a regulator a punter can write to. The product on offer is narrower than an offshore bookmaker’s on most sports, and the multi format is the place to build a bet rather than the single-match outright markets. A reader who bets mostly on rugby and racing and wants the operator inside New Zealand law will find the strongest case for TAB here.

Betcha (the lawful pair)

Betcha is the second of TAB NZ’s two online brands, run on the same TAB NZ licence and the same Entain partnership as TAB. The app carries Safer Betting tools, a 17+ App Store rating, and the Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655) in its contact block. The product layer is the TAB stack with the front end reworked: the same racing depth, the same wallet, the same multi formats, and a different mix of bets on the home page. New TAB NZ customers who install Betcha rather than TAB see the same welcome structure, with Bonus Cash that splits across multiple bets and the same Mega Multi bonus on a multi of four or more legs.

The case for Betcha over TAB is mostly one of interface taste and product positioning rather than product depth, and a punter who wants the TAB NZ product on a newer app with a different home page will land here. The case against is that installing only Betcha means the same TAB NZ product under a different skin, with no extra market or sport to show for it.

BillyBets (not licensed in New Zealand)

BillyBets support is available 24 hours a day through live chat and a Help Centre, and the site runs on both Android and iOS devices through the mobile-optimised platform. The cashier page lists New Zealand in its country selector, but the only currency filter shown on the page is Euro, which means a New Zealand depositor is transacting in a foreign currency and paying a conversion spread on every transaction. The brand names no licence that applies in New Zealand, and there is no New Zealand complaints route or harm-minimisation framework that reaches it.

The value sits in the round-the-clock support and the mobile-optimised access; the cost sits in the unlicensed status and the currency mismatch. A punter will find the 24/7 support useful, though the Euro-only currency is a barrier.

Alawin (not licensed in New Zealand)

Alawin accepts customers aged 18 or over. The brand names no licence that applies in New Zealand, and the New Zealand regulatory frame does not reach it. The site’s age threshold is the lowest the offshore field in this comparison sets, which matches the local legal age for betting at TAB NZ and is a point of contact with the New Zealand frame rather than a point of separation from it. Other terms — the sportsbook depth, the bonus shape, the payment methods — are best read on the operator’s own terms page before staking.

The case for Alawin is the simple terms and the standard age threshold; the case against is the unlicensed status and the lack of local accountability. This is a straightforward mobile choice for a punter who accepts the offshore risks.

RTbet (not licensed in New Zealand)

RTbet’s sportsbook covers football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football and baseball, with live betting and virtual sports. The brand names a Curaçao licence, which offers no right to operate in New Zealand. No New Zealand complaints route or harm-minimisation framework reaches the operator.

The case for RTbet is the breadth of the sportsbook and the live-betting layer on the major North American and European leagues; the cost is the offshore licence and the absence of any New Zealand accountability. A punter whose betting is mostly on the major US leagues and European football will find the league-focused sportsbook worth comparing.

FunBet (not licensed in New Zealand)

FunBet’s sportsbook offers odds on football, ice hockey, American football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, rugby and baseball, with live betting and a bookmaker described as open around the clock. The brand names no licence that applies in New Zealand, and the New Zealand regulatory frame does not reach it. The inclusion of rugby in the listed sports is a nod to the codes a New Zealand punter follows, but the depth of rugby markets is best checked on the operator’s own page rather than inferred from the home-page list.

The case for FunBet is the around-the-clock bookmaker and the sports list that includes rugby; the cost is the unlicensed status and the lack of a New Zealand complaints route. A reader who bets across codes and wants a 24/7 bookmaker will find the breadth useful.

22Bet (not licensed in New Zealand)

22Bet is run by TechSolutions Group N.V., a Curaçao company with registration number 144920, which also runs 20Bet, Bizzo and National Casino, under Curaçao licence number 8048/JAZ. The Curaçao licence gives no right to take bets from people in New Zealand and is not enforceable by the Department of Internal Affairs. The product layer is broad — the multi-brand operator structure means a wider sportsbook and a wider casino product than most single-brand offshore sites.

The case for 22Bet is the multi-brand operator and the depth of the sportsbook; the cost is the offshore licence and the lack of local accountability. This platform is a strong contender for a punter focused on sportsbook depth.

Rooster (not licensed in New Zealand)

Rooster is operated by Novatrix SRL, a company incorporated in Costa Rica with registration number 3-102-893958, under e-gaming licence No. 0000002 issued by the Tobique Gaming Commission. The Tobique licence offers no right to operate in New Zealand. The Costa Rica incorporation and the Tobique licence are two markers a reader must weigh against the absence of any New Zealand accountability.

The case for Rooster is the product on offer; the cost is the offshore frame and the lack of local accountability. A punter who is comfortable with a Costa Rica–incorporated operator and a Tobique licence will find Rooster a usable mobile product.

Golden Panda (not licensed in New Zealand)

Golden Panda offers a Sports section with a sportsbook, esports and virtual sports, plus casino, live casino, crash games, rewards, cashback, a VIP Club, Golden Goals and Prediction Markets. The breadth of the product — sports, esports, virtual sports, casino, crash games — is wider than the local pair’s, and the casino-style game mix (crash, prediction markets) is the part of the product that sits outside TAB NZ’s sports-betting definition.

The case for Golden Panda is the breadth of the product; the cost is the unlicensed status and the casino-style product mix that sits outside the local regulator’s frame. A punter who wants sports plus esports plus crash games on one wallet will find the product range useful as a one-stop betting shop.

Winz (not licensed in New Zealand)

Winz states in its footer that it holds a licence delivered by Anjouan and Tobique. The brand names Anjouan and Tobique licences, holder Novatrix SRL, which offers no right to operate in New Zealand. No New Zealand complaints route or harm-minimisation framework reaches the operator.

The case for Winz is the dual-licence structure; the cost is the offshore frame and the lack of local accountability. A reader who wants an Anjouan–Tobique licensed site will find the dual-licence structure a notable feature.

How the comparison sits side by side

The table below puts the ten brands on the same row set. The “New Zealand status” column states the legal position; the “what the operator’s own terms state on the key’s subject” column carries the key fact on the product the operator publishes.

The pattern in the table is the shape of the New Zealand market in 2026: two rows where the operator is inside the law, eight rows where it is not, and the difference on the product side is that the two lawful rows carry the racing depth and the New Zealand harm-minimisation tools, while the eight offshore rows carry a wider sportsbook and a broader game mix. No row in the table is a recommendation; the second column is the legal fact, and the third column is the operator’s own published position on a key part of the product.

The fundamentals — what mobile betting actually is in New Zealand

Mobile betting in New Zealand is a punter using a phone to place a sports or racing bet. The product on the phone is the same betting product the punter will place at a retail TAB outlet or on a desktop: a stake, a selection, a price, a potential return. The phone layer is the device and the connection, not the bet itself, and the betting rules — what counts as a win, how a multi is settled, when a void is forecast and a stake is returned — sit in the operator’s published terms rather than in the app store.

The mechanics that travel through the app are the same mechanics that travel through any other channel:

• Stake and odds. The stake is the amount the punter risks; the odds are the price the operator offers, written in decimal form in this market ($2.10 means a $10 stake returns $21, a $10 stake returns $11 in profit). Decimal odds are the standard in New Zealand and the standard in the TAB NZ app.
• Return and profit. On a single bet, return equals stake multiplied by odds; net profit equals stake multiplied by (odds minus one). A $10 stake at odds of $2.10 returns $21, for a net profit of $11. A combination bet multiplies the odds of the legs into one price before applying the stake.
• Market margin. The bookmaker’s margin is what the operator keeps of every unit bet on a market, and it sits inside every price on the slip. For a three-outcome market (win, draw, loss), the payout share is one divided by the sum of the reciprocals of the odds on each outcome, and the margin is one minus that payout share. A margin of 5% means a payout share of 95%, and a punter looking at the prices on a single market can read the margin off the odds.
• Bonus terms. A Bonus Cash credit at TAB NZ behaves like a free bet whose stake is not returned with a win — a successful bet pays the winnings, the Bonus Cash itself is consumed. The value of a free bet to a punter is the free-bet amount multiplied by (odds minus one), divided by odds, multiplied by the payout share of the market — an average, not a guaranteed outcome for any single bet.

The “mobile” part of “mobile betting” is the device, the app and the connection. The “betting” part is the same product the punter will place at a counter or on a laptop, and the rules that govern the bet are the operator’s published terms, not the app store’s classification.

The law behind the two-brand market

The legal frame that produced the two-brand market is short on rules and long on one prohibition. The Racing Industry Act 2020 establishes TAB NZ as the sole provider of racing and sports betting in New Zealand, and the Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA: no person other than TAB NZ may offer racing betting, sports betting or other racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand, regardless of where that person is resident or incorporated. The change took effect on 28 June 2025, and the Department of Internal Affairs told providers serving New Zealand to withdraw with immediate effect.

The frame’s three practical consequences for a punter on a phone:

1. There is no licence to apply for and no licence register for bookmakers. The lawful operator is the operator, by statute, and the register of betting providers the Department of Internal Affairs maintains does not list multiple brands because there are not multiple brands to list. TAB and Betcha are the two online brands of the one operator group; they are not rivals.
2. The law targets the operator, not the punter. Section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003 (inserted in 2025) says an individual may not be convicted for placing a bet with an offshore betting operator in breach of section 74AAA, and no source states a penalty for a player. The penalty for an operator in breach is the law’s enforcement, and no prosecution of an offshore bookmaker was found.
3. TAB NZ’s product runs under a long-term partnership with Entain signed in 2023, a 25-year agreement that gives Entain a 50/50 share of gross profits, with at least $150m a year going to TAB NZ for the first five years, and a one-off $100m payment from Entain to the racing sector. The commercial detail sits behind the legal frame and shapes the product the two brands run, but the legal frame is what determines who may take a bet.

The Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 licenses online casino gambling only and does not license sports betting; TAB New Zealand winning the right to apply for a casino licence does not extend the betting monopoly, and a casino limit is not a betting limit. Greyhound racing is closing in stages from 1 August 2026, and from that date offshore operators may not take bets on greyhound races either. The law does not geo-block offshore websites; it puts liability on the offshore operator. New Zealand does not block bookmaker sites; the access is the punter’s, the liability is the operator’s.

Tax and what a winning bet leaves in the punter’s pocket

For the punter, Inland Revenue guidance says recreational gambling winnings are generally not taxable and prize money from TAB horse, dog and trotting races is not taxable; a person who bets as a business is a different case, and the page is general information rather than tax advice. The operator side carries a different set of numbers: TAB NZ pays the Problem Gambling Levy (0.74%, in force from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028), and overseas operators supplying New Zealand residents pay online gambling duty (12% of profits since 1 July 2024, 16% from 1 January 2027). An operator paying duty does not make an offer lawful — duty is a tax, not a permission. The point-of-consumption charge on offshore racing and sports bets ceased on 30 June 2026.

Advertising and what the marketing around a bet cannot do

The Advertising Standards Authority’s Gambling Advertising Code applies to betting advertisements in New Zealand: ads must not target children (under 14) or young people (14 to under 18), judged by context, appeal and expected audience — 25% or more of the audience counts as significant where accurate data exists — must not encourage harm, and must be truthful with terms available. A welcome offer advertised to a New Zealand audience that targets a younger demographic or downplays harm is a Code question for the ASA rather than a question for the punter, and the punter’s recourse is the ASA complaints route, not the operator’s terms page.

Safer gambling on a New Zealand phone

The harm-minimisation frame a New Zealand punter can reach sits behind the TAB NZ product, and the same frame does not reach any offshore brand. The frame’s three parts:

1. The app-level tools. TAB NZ’s app lists deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion, and a self-exclusion on TAB carries across to Betcha inside the same operator group. The tools sit on the punter’s account and are set from the punter’s side of the product, and a punter who wants a deposit cap can set one before the first deposit.
2. The helpline. The free Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655) and the text line (8006) are listed in both TAB and Betcha apps, and the same numbers sit on Safer Gambling Aotearoa. The helpline is the front line a punter in trouble in New Zealand is meant to reach first.
3. The regulator’s role. TAB NZ must keep the risks of problem and underage gambling minimised, pays the Problem Gambling Levy, and is overseen by the Department of Internal Affairs under the Gambling Act 2003. A punter who has a complaint against TAB NZ can write to the DIA; a punter who has a complaint against an offshore brand has no New Zealand authority to write to.

The age for TAB NZ betting is 18 (betting under 18 is an offence under section 89 of the Racing Industry Act 2020), and TAB NZ accounts need a verified New Zealand address and ID. Land-based casinos are 20; the two ages are not the same, and a reader is advised not to merge them. The offshore brands in the comparison set their own age thresholds — most commonly 18 or 21+ — and the age threshold on the operator’s terms page is the threshold the operator enforces, not the threshold the New Zealand law sets.

Three practical notes for a punter who wants the safer-gambling frame behind a bet:

• A deposit limit is the simplest tool to set and the one most likely to be useful; it caps the amount that can leave a bank account in a set window, and the cap is the punter’s, not the operator’s.
• A time-out is a short pause — 24 hours, a week, a month — and is the right tool for a punter who notices the betting is getting heavier than the budget allows.
• A self-exclusion is a longer block and the right tool for a punter who decides the betting has to stop, and the exclusion applies across both TAB and Betcha inside the same operator group. The offshore field has no equivalent cross-brand exclusion.

The costs of betting with an operator that is not licensed here

An offshore brand that takes a bet from a person in New Zealand is, on the Department of Internal Affairs’ stated reading, in breach of section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020. The frame’s practical costs for a punter:

• No New Zealand complaints route. A punter who has a dispute with an offshore operator has no New Zealand authority to write to. The operator’s own complaints process is the only one that applies, and the operator’s own terms are the only law the dispute is settled under.
• No harm-minimisation framework a New Zealand agency enforces. The safer-betting tools the offshore brand runs are tools the brand has chosen to run, not tools a New Zealand regulator has required. A punter who needs the frame behind the bet cannot reach it through an offshore brand.
• DIA’s stated risks. The Department of Internal Affairs warns that overseas operators may be in jurisdictions with minimal consumer safeguards, may not return unspent credits, and may not pay out large wins. The warning is on the regulator’s published position, and a punter who chooses an offshore brand is choosing against the regulator’s stated advice.
• Payment and withdrawal risk. No payment-blocking order or bank obligation was found, but the absence of a payment block is not the same as a payment guarantee. A withdrawal block at an offshore brand is a dispute under the brand’s terms, not a dispute under New Zealand law.

The frame’s practical benefit for a punter who stays with the lawful pair: a regulator who can be written to, a complaints process that runs under New Zealand law, harm-minimisation tools that are required rather than voluntary, and a wallet in New Zealand dollars rather than in a foreign currency the punter pays a conversion spread on.

Frequently asked questions

Which bookmaker may lawfully take sports and racing bets in New Zealand?

TAB and Betcha, the two online brands of TAB New Zealand, are the only operators allowed to take online sports and racing bets from people in New Zealand. The Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020, which took effect on 28 June 2025 and prohibits any other person from offering those bets to a person in New Zealand. The Department of Internal Affairs told unlicensed providers to withdraw with immediate effect.

How is the return on a bet worked out from the stake and the odds?

Return equals stake multiplied by odds, and net profit equals stake multiplied by (odds minus one). A $10 stake at odds of $2.10 returns $21, for a net profit of $11. For a combination bet, the odds of the legs multiply into one price before the stake is applied. The arithmetic is the same on a phone, on a laptop, or at a counter; the device does not change the bet.

What is the bookmaker’s margin and how can it be seen in the odds?

The margin is what the operator keeps of every unit bet on a market, and it sits inside every price on the slip. For a three-outcome market, the payout share is one divided by the sum of the reciprocals of the odds on each outcome, and the margin is one minus that payout share. A margin of 5% means a payout share of 95%, and the lower the margin on a market, the more of every dollar bet returns to punters on average across outcomes.

What does a player lose by betting with a bookmaker that has no New Zealand licence?

The player loses the New Zealand complaints route (no New Zealand authority to write to), the harm-minimisation framework a New Zealand agency enforces, and the regulator’s protection on unspent credits and large-win payouts. The Department of Internal Affairs warns that overseas operators may be in jurisdictions with minimal consumer safeguards, may not return unspent credits, and may not pay out large wins. Section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003 says an individual may not be convicted for placing a bet with an offshore operator in breach of section 74AAA, but the absence of a player penalty is not the same as the presence of player protection.

From what age can bets be placed with TAB NZ, and what is checked when opening an account?

Bets can be placed from age 18 at TAB NZ; betting under 18 is an offence under section 89 of the Racing Industry Act 2020. Opening an account requires a verified New Zealand address and ID. Land-based casinos are 20, and the two ages are not the same. The TAB and Betcha apps carry a 17+ App Store age rating while stating that customers must be 18 or over to bet — the store rating is the store’s classification, not the law’s threshold.

Are betting winnings taxed in New Zealand?

Inland Revenue guidance says recreational gambling winnings are generally not taxable, and prize money from TAB horse, dog and trotting races is not taxable. A person who bets as a business is a different case, and the page is general information rather than tax advice; a reader with a tax question is advised to consult Inland Revenue or an accountant.

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