Cava Fizz

If so is it common place i.e. bookies in every town or is it pretty low key?

karonious

Maybe they call them something else here but I have never noticed a bookies anywhere we have been. Doesn't mean there aren't any, just that I personally haven't noticed any.

Cava Fizz

cool, thats good.

mazi

Sorry to spoil it - but they're everywhere! And those bloody pokie machines.

It is very, very legal in NZ.

davec987

Really?!!!

mazi

nah

Maz

mazi

Sorry, forgot the

Jack The Lad

I bet it is

mazi

The Weezer

http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.NS...s?OpenDocument

I get the impression it is common in the larger towns. I don't know about low-key though. That's hard to say. In the suburbs south of Auckland it is very common, and quite obvious. Not low-key at all. There are poker parlors and TAB betting places in every town in the southern suburbs. There is one TV channel in Auckland that broadcasts dog races all day and night, so if you don't pay for Sky TV, one of the 8-9 channels you get is dedicated to
gamgling of a sort.

Cava Fizz

yeah from this report http://www.stats.govt.nz/products-an...ming-May01.htm

it seems like it is everywhere...

Campbells

Called TAB here

karonious

I would have put money on the fact I hadn't seen any!
The only time in the UK we ever betted was on the Grand National, so I'm sure we will manage just fine here.

RobClubley

I've seen them all over the place, and the pokies in the back room of pubs.

Apparently it's a bit problem, gambling addiction.