New Zealand, in the fight against gambling addiction

The government of New Zealand has presented an innovative strategic plan to fight gambling addiction. Like its closest neighbour Australia, the island nation suffers primarily from a slot machine dilemma. Look for the best bitcoin casino New Zealand! Figures released last February by New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) speak for themselves: in the 2016 – 2017 financial year, gamblers on the ‘Emerald Isle’ spent over 125 million New Zealand dollars (NZD) more than in the previous year – an increase of 5.7%. A whopping NZD 2.3 billion (~ €1.3 billion) was gambled during this period, with a population of ‘only’ 4.7 million. Due to the problematic development, the Ministry of Health (MOH) recently presented a new strategic plan: According to this plan, the appropriate measures to contain, minimise and (at best) prevent gambling-related harm are to be developed based on an online public consultation, i.e. a citizen survey.