17104 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs

Written Question
Published date: 16 Apr 2025
17104 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What aide-mémoires, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any has the Minister received on the possible threats of an open online casino market?
Hon Brooke van Velden: I received the following evidence, analysis, reports and briefings to inform my consideration of online gambling licensing, including the potential risks of regulating the online casino market: • 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.