{"id":597199,"date":"2026-09-11T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597199\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:12","slug":"department-of-internal-affairs-reaches-major-milestones-on-pokies-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597199\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Internal Affairs reaches major milestones on pokies compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Work is continuing with other operators, and further funding may still be recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">A second milestone is the release of new financial guidance for the class 4 gambling sector, providing greater clarity on accounting requirements and explains operators\u2019 obligations through practical examples. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Vicki Scott, Director of Gambling, said the investigation had delivered important results for both communities and the integrity of the gambling system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis work has focused on ensuring gambling proceeds are used in the way Parliament intended and that communities receive the benefit they are entitled to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe investigation has produced significant results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Scott said most operators worked constructively with them to address historical issues and improve their practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile we\u2019ve made substantial progress, our work is not finished. We\u2019ll continue working with operators to recover funding for communities, improve compliance and maintain public confidence in the integrity of class 4 gambling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a> \u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work is continuing with other operators, and further funding may still be recovered. A second milestone is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[16751,1558,138,9365,26034,305,10118,661,9088,111,139,69,1118,90,80108,20488,32258,3048,12975,13109,1865],"class_list":["post-597199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-affairs","tag-been","tag-business","tag-compliance","tag-department","tag-have","tag-internal","tag-major","tag-milestones","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-on","tag-pokies","tag-reached","tag-reaches","tag-said","tag-sector","tag-several","tag-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}