| Published on July 6, 2008
It's the first year that lotto tries its luck also online. It has introduced its new version to gain more money, because it expects to get about $ 7 million this year.
MyLotto website, which is New Zealand Lotterie's website, had about 1000 registrations on the first day it went online. And this is just the beginning the chief executive of NZ Lotteries expects that the incomes will increase. And this is just the beginning the chief executive of NZ Lotteries expects that the incomes will increase.
The site would kind of control the consumers or rather it would make it easier for infrequent Lotto buyers to purchase tickets. Problem Gambling Foundation criticized this move, because of financial pressures. John Stansfield, the foundation chief executive, claimed that for him it's incomprehensible that a responsible government would want to make people spend more on gambling in a down-turning economy.
The site was built with spending caps so users could nominate spending caps of their own choosing and they also could exclude themselves from games whenever they wanted, but this move couldn't be reversed then.
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NZ Lotteries would also offer some relevant information to players who spend a lot. The NZ Lotteries is known as the biggest spender in advertising gambling. Stansfield complains that in the country people are suffering because sites like the NZ Lotteries had been approved.