With casinos on both the northern and southern island there are different venues for New Zealanders to choose from, but they might not be as widespread as hoped for as Kiwis will have only five casinos to choose from. The first ever casino in NZ only opened in 1994 which is fairly late if you compare it to other places...
No more financial pressure, and all the more time for leisure than ever before: winning a lottery is as good as it sounds. For most people, well, dreams remain dreams. But as winner stories keep on inspiring, lotteries will remain sought after and it’s easy to see why: prizes go up to millions of New Zealand Dollars while the average...
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Online casinos continue to be part of one of the most thriving entertainment industries as the global online gambling market is expected to grow from $73.42 billion in 2021 to $81.08 billion this year at a yearly growth rate of 10.4%, according to the “Online Gambling Global Market Report 2022, By Game Type, Device, Component”. This growth is partially thanks...
Online pokies are among the most popular casino games and they’re definitely among our own favourites too (although we highly enjoy live dealer casinos as well). Whether you’re into pokies at a brick and mortar venue or load up from online casinos, the thrills are amazing, but they usually come at a cost. As most people enjoy the thrills, but...
Live casinos are getting bigger and better by the day and one of the main reasons for our passion for live dealer games is that there are new live lobbies opening up every day for New Zealand players. If we would need to recommend one gaming category at KiwiGambler it would undoubtedly be the live dealer lobby as this is...
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Games of chance are believed to be random, but the truth is that nothing is really left to chance when it comes to gambling. In the end, the house always comes out on top as the winner. A new online casino is a business just like its offline counterpart and like any other company, it works with a business model...
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Although online casinos are considered to be completely different versions of casinos, they are still casinos and they have the same objective: offer a platform where players can make their wagers, after which a casino will eventually win, at least in the long term. You can’t really blame the house for having a slight advantage as they’re the ones facilitating...
Every now and then every one of us makes a wager. Some buy a scratch card, others buy lottery tickets and most people will have made wagers on the Rugby Six Nations or on the World Cup Football. In itself there is nothing wrong with these forms of gambling, a little extra thrills during a massive game can’t really hurt....
We’ve all shuffled a deck of cards and most of us will have played a card game or two in our life. Card games are amongst the most popular games of chance which is easy to explain as they’re both simple and social, meaning that a lot of fun is guaranteed. And the good thing about them is that they...
If your goal is to become profitable in poker, you must thoroughly understand every aspect of the game as skills make a difference in this not so game of chance. Whilst players can clearly gain valuable insights through years of hands-on practice and learn while gaining experience, there is also literature that can help sharpen your theoretical poker skills before...
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