Author: James Harrington

New Zealand’s online casino market has quietly become one of the fastest-growing gambling sectors in the country’s history. Grand View Research puts online casino revenue at US$267.6 million in 2024, heading for US$584.5 million by 2030, a 14% compound annual growth rate. That pace puts New Zealand among the faster-expanding online casino markets anywhere in the world, in a country of just over 5 million people. The scale becomes clearer once you look at where the money is actually going. Kiwis deposited an estimated NZ$1.36 billion into online casino platforms between October 2023 and September 2025, more than NZ$100 million…