Legal opinion for New Zealand - for Curacao company

[James Webb]

Please recommend a law firm that can provide a legal opinion for the Curacao license holder company, stating that the Curacao Company operates its gambling activities for the citizens of the territories allowed by the respective Curacao license.

 

[Sols]

Here, I'll save you a few thousand bucks.

https://www.dia.govt.nz/services-casino-and-non-casino-gaming-prohibited-gambling

The prohibition is on remote interactive gambling in New Zealand and therefore does not prohibit gambling conducted overseas. For example, it is not illegal for someone in New Zealand to participate in gambling over the Internet if that website is based overseas.

 

[James Webb]

I understand this, and this is far from news.
but I saw with my own eyes Legal opinion for New Zealand. I also know companies to which payment systems opened solutions for New Zealand based on the Legal opinion of a local law firm.
That's why I asked this question

 

[Forester]

I understand this, and this is far from news.
but I saw with my own eyes Legal opinion for New Zealand. I also know companies to which payment systems opened solutions for New Zealand based on the Legal opinion of a local law firm.
That's why I asked this question

Well, if you want this, try Simpson Grierson (https://www.simpsongrierson.com/). Disclaimer: No personal experience with them, they were just recommended to me by a lawyer who I trust but I did not need to use their service (also for a legal opinion) at the end.

 

[Sols]

When someone is asking for a legal opinion about remote gambling in New Zealand, I've time and time again had success by simply showing them the government's own statement.

If you absolutely want to pay someone to copy-paste what the government has already stated publicly (and I understand some people still want it), there aren't any particularly good igaming lawyers in New Zealand because there is no sector for it. You can probably approach any half decent firm and ask them to write the LO for you.

Simpson Grierson is probably a good option.

I've seen https://www.truelegal.co.nz/ mentioned before but I don't think I have any experience with them. Their focus is more on the gambling that currently is regulated in New Zealand, which does not include remote gambling offered from abroad.

 

[daniels27]

@Sols, so we just open a casino somewhere and then run ads in New Zeland and start the money generator?

 

[Sols]

@Sols, so we just open a casino somewhere and then run ads in New Zeland and start the money generator?

You haven't already? Better hurry up! They have started the process for changing the law.

 

[daniels27]

You haven't already? Better hurry up! They have started the process for changing the law.

No, not in that business (yet). How long to you think we can keep operating? I was also looking into shipping nicotine pouches into Australia.