There are a total of six casinos located in New Zealand spread over both Islands. Unlike in Australia where you need to be 18 to play you need to be 20 or over to enter a casino. New Zealanders can also play at all of the best online casinos.
SKYCITY Auckland
Federal Street and Victoria Street
Auckland, 1010
Pokies : 1900
+64 (09) 363 6000
www.skycityauckland.co.nz
SKYCITY Hamilton
346 Victoria Street
Hamilton, 3204
Pokies : 330
+64 (07) 834 4900
www.skycityhamilton.co.nz
Christchurch Casino
30 Victoria Street
Christchurch 8140
Pokies : 500
+64 (03) 365 9999
www.christchurchcasino.co.nz
Dunedin Casino
118 High st
Dunedin, Otago 9016
Pokies : 180
+64 (03) 477 4545
www.dunedincasino.co.nz
SKYCITY Queenstown
16-24 Beach Street
Queenstown, 9300
Pokies : 86
+64 (03) 441 0400
www.skycityqueenstown.co.nz
SKYCITY Wharf Casino
Beach Street, Steamer Wharf
Queenstown, 9300
Pokies : 70
+64 (03) 441 1495
www.skycityqueenstown.co.nz
New Zealand Casino Information
While pokies arrived in 1987 it was not until 1994 that the first casino opened in New Zealand. The grand opening of Christchurch Casino heralded a new era of gaming in NZ with five more casinos opening in the following years. If you’re a fan of pokies then SKYCITY Auckland is the best place to play as they have over 1900 gaming machines.
You cannot enter a casino in New Zealand until you are 20 years or older. Total gambling expenditure figures in NZ for the 2015 / 2016 year was $2.2B with approximately $1.4B on pokies and casino games (Source).
Unlike Australia which has effectively banned online casinos in September 2017, New Zealand players are still free to choose to play online. All of the best online casino sites accept Kiwi players and all of the major software providers including Net Ent, Microgaming and Playtech serve the NZ market.
NZ players have had some serious luck playing online with Rawiri Pou winning NZ$10,144,395.82 on the Mega Moolah pokie on the 17th of June, 2017!