11565 (2025). Benjamin Doyle to the Minister of Internal Affairs

11565 (2025). Benjamin Doyle to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What evidence, analysis, reports, briefings or any other information, if any, did the Minister consult to inform her decision to allow 15 online gambling licenses to be issued?

Hon Brooke van Velden: I received the following evidence, analysis, reports and briefings to inform my consideration of online gambling licensing, including the decision to allow up to 15 online gambling licenses, which was agreed by Cabinet: • Briefing: Draft Cabinet paper and Regulatory Impact Assessment for Ministerial consultation: Report back on online casino gambling regulatory design, 3 July 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on 26 June: Online casino gambling Cabinet paper, 21 June 2024; • Briefing: Confirmation of the high-level design of the online casino gambling regulatory system, 7 June 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on 7 June: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#7), 31 May 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on 30 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#6), 24 May 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on 23 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#5), 17 May 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials in week of 13 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#4), 10 May 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on Thursday, 9 May, 4:15pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#3), 6 May 2024; • Briefing: Meeting with officials on Wednesday, 1 May, 3:30pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#2), 26 April 2024; and • Briefing: Meeting with officials on Monday, 22 April, 4:15pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design, 19 April 2024.