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Overseas gambling websites may soon be banned for New Zealanders.
TAB has handed everyday running of its operations to international betting agency Entain, in a deal the Government has rubber-stamped.
The Racing Minister says officials are also considering blocking people in the country accessing offshore competitors.
Kieran McAnulty says the goal is harm minimisation, and restoring the TAB's original form.
"When that was set up, it was set up as a monopoly, it didn't envisage that there'd be online betting. All we're doing is going back to the original intent."
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