If you want to bet on New Zealand Soccer, whether on the national team All Whites,
or top clubs in the ASB Premiership like Auckland City FC, our top soccer betting
sites no longer provide betting options for you. There’s been an enormous shift in
the online sports and soccer betting landscape in New Zealand in June of 2025. Although
New Zealanders were legally allowed to bet at offshore sites since the early 2000's,
a June 2025 law made it illegal for offshore sportsbooks to serve Kiwis. The only
legal online bookies for Kiwis are now those from the legal monopoly holder, a company
called Entain. Their brands are of course TAB NZ, but also a brand called Betcha.
In other words, the government has enforced a change that completely eliminated your
choice in betting providers from New Zealand. At least now you know that the soccer
betting brand you choose here will offer NZD accounts, so you avoid hidden FX charges.
The situation with the more popular type of online gaming, that being online pokies
and casino games is far different. A different piece of gaming legislation passed
at the same time in 2025 is set to create a new local market of legal NZ casino sites.
Up to 15 license holders may be approved to serve Kiwis when the market is scheduled
to open in July of 2026. Kiwis may legally play at offshore online casinos until
that market opens. It’s one of the only situations around the world that we can find
where consumers have been given the opportunity for choice in online pokies and casino
game providers, but not for soccer and sports betting providers.
