In comparison to other countries, the online casino industry is still relatively small in New Zealand compared to the rest of the world, but our casino experts believe this trend will soon change massively. The increased use of mobile devices to gamble online with among players, the availability of VPNs to access international casinos, and COVID-19, all played their part in the extreme increase in online gambling among New Zealand punters and other casino players across the globe. Although most gambling critics believed that the online casino industry would fall apart because of flaws in dealings of the Totalizator Agency Board and the New Zealand Racing Board, the exact opposite has happened. Online gambling in New Zealand has become increasingly more popular the last couple of years.