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What PinPokies.com is and how it earns

PinPokies is edited by Jake Marshall and written by the PinPokies Editorial Team. Our work is to read the public terms of online casinos that may be available to New Zealand players, compare them with our own offer data and list where the two differ. We do not open real-money accounts, deposit, test cashiers or contact support, so nothing here describes how a casino behaves once you play. What you will find are the offers, the rules attached to them and the date on which we read each page.

When a reader signs up through a link on this site, the operator may pay us a commission. That is how the site earns, and the affiliate disclosure sets out the arrangement. The editorial team page explains who we are and how we work, and the corrections policy tells you what happens when we get something wrong.

How we read casino offers

The casino offers shown on this site come from our offer data, which is fed by affiliate sources. Those feeds are quick to update when a deal is created and slow to remove it when the deal ends, so a figure in the feed can be out of date, or can describe an offer that only some visitors are shown. For that reason we compare the feed with the casino's own public pages, which we read from a New Zealand connection where we can. We write down the date of every read, and we never describe an offer as live on the strength of the feed alone.

What we found when we did this in October was not reassuring. For most casinos the headline in our data differed from what the casino's pages show, and for some the code could not be found on any public page at all. We changed how the site speaks about offers as a result. Our review, bonus and hub pages show the casino's own wording beside our data where we have read it, and they use a small set of labels so that you can see at a glance which is which. One casino, All Star, displayed a closure notice on 26 October, and we removed its offer, its link and its listing.

A match is the best result, and it is also temporary. A casino can change a rule without notice, so the date next to a figure matters as much as the figure. Where the pages contradict each other, as several do, we show both statements and assume the stricter one until the casino clarifies. Our page on how we verify lists what we do and what we do not check, and that includes licence registers, which we have not checked for any casino.

Where to start

If you want to browse, the pokies library has pokie pages with free demos where the game provider's demo works. It is a way to see how a game plays on virtual credit. If you want to compare bonuses, the hubs below group the offers by type and put the main rules in tables so that you can compare terms on a like-for-like basis.

• Welcome bonuses compares the first-deposit offers, their wagering, caps and the way each package is staged.
• No deposit bonuses lists the free offers in our data, most of which we could not confirm, with the rules that decide what you can withdraw.
• New casinos covers casinos our data marks as recent launches, and what can and cannot be known about a short history.
• Payment methods explains what the casinos we read say about cards, bank transfers and crypto, and where the gaps are.
• Guides explain wagering, no deposit bonuses and how pokies work, in plain language.

Each page carries the date of the data. If you reach a page by search and the date is old, check the casino's own terms before you act on a figure. The site also carries a bonus calculator that turns a wagering multiplier and a deposit into a total number of bets, which is the quickest way to see what an offer asks of you.

What to check before you sign up

Before you register anywhere, read the terms yourself. The list below covers the points that most often decide whether an offer works for you. It applies to every casino we cover, including the ones whose pages we could not read.

Run the numbers on any offer before you opt in. Our bonus calculator lets you put in the wagering base and cap to see what the terms ask of you, and our guide to wagering requirements explains how the multiplier works.

Free demos before you deposit

Pokie pages on this site carry free demos served by the game provider where one works. The demo runs on the provider's servers, and not every pokie has a working demo.

A demo uses virtual credit. It is a way to see how a game plays, how often features arrive and how fast the credit moves before you risk money. It cannot show you what real play will return, because the result of each spin is random. Our guide to how pokies work explains return to player and volatility, and why neither lets you predict a session. Browse the pokies library to find titles with a demo that loads.

New Zealand rules in brief

The Online Casino Gambling Act is in force. The Department of Internal Affairs says on its online casino gambling page, which we read on 27 October, that it is leading the implementation of the Act and that the regime is being phased in and is not expected to be fully operational until 2027. The department also says regulations have been released on harm minimisation, consumer protection, advertising and operator obligations, and that licences will be awarded through a competitive process.

A law firm update that we also used for our learning guides, read on 26 October, adds that a prohibition on running an online casino without a licence starts on 1 December of this year, or on 1 June 2027 for an operator that has applied for one, that consumers who gamble on unlicensed sites do not commit an offence and that restrictions on bonuses and inducements are among the duties of licensed operators. We have not seen a New Zealand licence named on any casino page we read. For that reason we never call a site a licensed New Zealand casino, and we mark New Zealand access as unconfirmed where a casino's pages do not state it. Check the department's page for the current position.

Play responsibly

Gambling is for people aged 18 and over, or at the legal gambling age in your jurisdiction if that is higher. Set a budget and a time limit before you start, and stop when you reach either. If play stops feeling like entertainment, take a break and use the free support lines below.

Both services are free to contact. Our responsible gambling page has more on staying in control of your play.