29 Sep 2025

What you need to know about influencers and gambling

From Afternoons, 1:11 pm on 29 September 2025

Four Kiwi social media influencers have been slapped with big fines by the Government gambling regulator. The fines are for breaching our rules; it's illegal for overseas gambling sites to advertise in New Zealand, including on social media. Millie Elder-Holmes, Calen Morris, Billy Whaanga and Tuhira Wana have each received multiple $5000 fines, with eight more content creators under investigation. Which got us thinking about gambling and how on earth you can control what happens online. Vicki Scott is Internal Affairs Director of Gambling. she spoke to Jesse.