NZ Moving Quickly To Sell Gambling Lottery Tickets On The Internet

As if it was not tough enough to sell lottery tickets with all of the competition from rival retailers, things are about to get tougher. The lottery is moving to the Internet soon in New Zealand.

NZ lotteries is moving swiftly towards selling lottery tickets on the Internet. The move will be groundbreaking and will change the landscape of the lottery in the future.

Back in 2003, the TAB and NZ Lotteries were excluded from an online gambling ban. The exemption was aimed at allowing the groups to offer the lottery online to keep people from spending their money with companies outside of New Zealand.

While the move could be good for consumers, who are becoming increasingly reliant on the Internet, it will be devastating for retailers who sell lottery tickets. The online sales will most certainly hurt the retailers.

"Am I expecting it to hurt? Yes. Look at my location, every Tom, Dick, and Harry around me has got Internet access. Would you wait here in the queue or go on the Net and print one out?," said a retail owner in Wellington.

The expected start time for the Internet sales is a few weeks. The guess is that the sale of the tickets on the Internet will eventually make the sales of lottery tickets in retail stores obsolete.

March 16, 2008
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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