MLS betting in New Zealand 2026: how the market works and where the bets live

Updated October 2026

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Current as of 31 October 2026, checked against the Department of Internal Affairs register of authorised betting providers in New Zealand. Prices and tournament specifics on this page are checked at the moment noted; odds move weekly, and the only prices that survive are the ones the operator shows at the moment of placing the bet.

Major League Soccer has been running for three decades. In New Zealand, betting on it sits inside one of the more unusual sports-betting jurisdictions on the planet: since 28 June 2025, only one operator group — TAB NZ, with its two online brands TAB and Betcha — may lawfully take online racing and sports bets from people in New Zealand. The offshore bookmakers New Zealand punters used to open accounts with are no longer lawfully serving this country, although their websites remain reachable. That single fact reshapes everything that follows: which markets are quoted, which promotions are lawful here, what consumer protections attach to a winning bet, and where a complaint goes if a payout is delayed.

This page covers the questions a New Zealand reader actually brings to MLS betting: where the bets are placed, how MLS odds work in a market where only one bookmaker quotes them, how the 2026 MLS season is shaping up, what responsible-gambling tools TAB NZ provides, and what the realistic options look like for a reader who wants something the TAB does not quote. The choice is not between ten brands, as it might be in most other jurisdictions — it is between one lawful brand and a long list of offshore ones, and the choice has costs on both sides.

How MLS betting odds work in New Zealand

Decimal odds are the standard in New Zealand: a $10 stake at odds of 2.10 pays back $21 — the original $10 plus $11 of profit. A $10 stake at odds of 3.40 returns $34. The lower the odds, the more likely the outcome is meant to be; the higher the odds, the bigger the payout if the bet lands, and the smaller the implied chance of it actually doing so.

Three things are worth keeping in mind before any MLS price is read.

The format is decimal. TAB NZ quotes odds in decimal form on its digital channels. There is no need to convert from fractional or American prices. A bettor who sees odds of 2.50 and stakes $20 wins $30 profit on top of the $20 returned.

A multi multiplies the legs. A Same Game Multi on an MLS fixture takes the prices of each leg — both teams to score, total goals, a specific player to score — and multiplies them together. A two-leg multi at 1.80 and 2.20 becomes a single price of about 3.96. Add a third leg at 1.50 and the multi becomes 5.94. Each leg multiplies the risk as well as the potential return.

The bookmaker’s margin sits inside every price. This is the part of the odds the reader is paying for without being told. Consider an MLS match result with home, draw and away priced at 2.10 / 3.40 / 3.60. The implied probabilities are 47.6%, 29.4% and 27.8%, totalling 104.8%. That extra 4.8% is the overround — the slice the bookmaker keeps of every dollar staked across the three outcomes. As a payout share, a $1 stake split evenly across the three outcomes returns about 95.4 cents once a winning bet is paid; the rest, roughly 4.6% on this illustrative market, is the margin. As an expected cost to the bettor: for every $100 staked across these three outcomes, the field loses about $4.60 on average before any individual selection wins.

That margin varies by market. Match result (1X2) tends to sit in the 4% to 7% range on a competitive football book. Both teams to score, double chance, total goals and Asian handicap typically carry higher margins, often 6% to 10%, because the books are pricing thinner information. Player props — first goalscorer, anytime goalscorer, shots on target — carry the highest margins of the standard markets because the data feeding the prices is patchier.

How the return on a bet is worked out

For a single bet: return = stake × odds, and the net profit is stake × (odds − 1). A $20 win bet at odds of 2.10 pays back $42, of which $22 is profit. A $50 place bet at odds of 1.80 returns $90, of which $40 is profit.

For a Same Game Multi with three legs at 1.80, 2.20 and 1.50: the combined price is 1.80 × 2.20 × 1.50 = 5.94. A $10 stake returns $59.40 if all three legs win. The catch is that a single losing leg voids the entire stake. Multis look generous on the printed price, and they are — but the implied probability that all three legs win is roughly 17% in this example, even before the margin is layered on.

What the bookmaker’s margin means in practice

The margin is the cut the bookmaker keeps from the betting pool, on average, regardless of who wins. It is the bookmaker’s edge on every market. On the illustrative 2.10 / 3.40 / 3.60 example above, the margin of about 4.6% means a bettor loses roughly $4.60 for every $100 wagered across the three outcomes, in the long run, before any individual winning selection pays out.

Margins move. Tight markets with strong liquidity — match result on a high-profile MLS fixture, the MLS Cup final — carry thinner margins because more money sharpens the prices. Smaller markets — a midweek Eastern Conference fixture between two struggling sides, a player prop on a reserve forward — carry fatter margins because fewer pounds sharpen the price. The cost of a bet is not the stake; it is the stake multiplied by the margin, averaged over many bets.

Major League Soccer in 2026: the season structure

Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the United States’ bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and played its first season in 1996. The league is not a promotion-and-relegation system. It uses a fixed membership model: 30 clubs in 2026, 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, split into Eastern and Western conferences of 15 teams each.

Each MLS team plays 34 regular-season matches. The team with the best regular-season record wins the Supporters’ Shield. Eighteen teams qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs, which run from late November into mid-December. The 2026 season began on 21 February 2026 and includes a six-week break from 25 May to 16 July 2026 for the FIFA World Cup; the regular season ends on 7 November 2026. The MLS Cup playoffs run from 18 November to 18 December 2026, with MLS Cup scheduled for 18 December 2026.

Inter Miami CF won the 2025 MLS Cup — the club’s first title. LA Galaxy holds the most MLS Cup titles, with six. Both facts help anchor a price: defending champions tend to be marked shorter in outright markets, and historically dominant clubs tend to be popular multis legs.

What the season shape means for the bettor

The MLS fixture list is unusual among major football leagues. The regular season straddles two calendar years, the league pauses for an international tournament in midsummer, and the conference playoff structure is single-elimination after a best-of-three first round. Three consequences for the bettor:

Form runs are short. MLS squads turn over sharply, often between the World Cup break and the run-in. A team that dominated the spring can be a different proposition in August.

Injuries hit late. International call-ups throughout the World Cup window and the MLS Cup stretch can sideline first-choice players. Squad depth matters more in MLS than in leagues where the same XI plays 30+ matches a year.

Travel distorts the schedule. Western Conference teams cross multiple time zones for away fixtures. Fatigue from a three-game road trip is a factor that does not appear in the printed odds.

Markets TAB NZ quotes on MLS

TAB NZ’s full market list for MLS comes from its own published betting rules and the in-app fixtures feed. The standard markets on an MLS fixture include match result (home / draw / away), double chance, both teams to score, total goals (over / under), Asian handicap, correct score, half-time / full-time, first goalscorer and anytime goalscorer. Same Game Multis (TAB NZ’s term for a multi whose legs come from one event) are available on selected fixtures.

Outright markets on the season — MLS Cup winner, Conference winners, Supporters’ Shield, top goalscorer — are listed in the TAB NZ app when the season is live.

The New Zealand betting landscape: TAB NZ and the offshore market

This is the section where the reader’s choice actually lives.

In New Zealand, only one provider is lawfully allowed to take online racing and sports bets: TAB NZ, which operates through its two online brands, TAB and Betcha. The Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA into the Racing Industry Act 2020; the change took effect on 28 June 2025, and the Department of Internal Affairs told unlicensed providers serving New Zealand to withdraw with immediate effect. There is no licence to apply for, and no licence register for bookmakers, because there is only this one lawful provider.

TAB and Betcha are not separate companies; they are the two online brands of TAB NZ. They are run by TAB NZ in partnership with Entain under a 25-year agreement signed in 2023 that gives Entain a 50/50 share of gross profits, with at least $150 million a year going to TAB NZ for the first five years, and Entain pledged a one-off $100 million payment to the racing sector. The two brands look different; the account, the betting rules and the responsible-gambling tools are shared.

Offshore bookmakers — brands licensed in Curaçao, in the Tobique Gaming Commission register, or in jurisdictions outside New Zealand — remain reachable from a New Zealand internet connection. Some accept New Zealand customers and process bets and withdrawals. None of them has a New Zealand licence, because no such licence exists to obtain; their operating licences are issued elsewhere and do not extend to New Zealand.

What the offshore option costs the reader

Three concrete costs.

No New Zealand complaints route. If an offshore bookmaker refuses a withdrawal or settles a bet in a way the bettor disputes, the bettor cannot take the case to the New Zealand Gambling Commission or to the Department of Internal Affairs. The dispute goes to the operator’s home regulator, which is often slow, sometimes unreachable, and occasionally uninterested.

No New Zealand harm-minimisation framework. TAB NZ’s deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion are built into the New Zealand system: an exclusion applies across TAB and Betcha, and a bettor who needs to stop can route the request through New Zealand harm-minimisation services. Offshore brands apply their own rules; some offer self-exclusion, others do not; the Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655, text 8006) can still help, but the operational tools sit outside the New Zealand framework.

DIA’s stated risks. The Department of Internal Affairs warns that overseas operators may be in jurisdictions with minimal consumer safeguards, may not return unspent credits, and may not pay out large wins. The Department has told providers serving New Zealand to withdraw; the legal weight falls on the operator, not the player — section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003 (inserted in 2025) provides that an individual may not be convicted for placing a bet with an offshore operator in breach of section 74AAA — but the practical protections are thinner than they are with TAB NZ.

A reader who chooses an offshore brand is making a real trade: more markets, deeper outright lists, sometimes bigger promotional offers, in exchange for fewer New Zealand protections. The trade is not illegal for the player; it is unlawful for the operator. The two are different things.

How the ten featured brands compare

The table below lines up TAB NZ and its sister brand Betcha alongside eight offshore brands New Zealand players encounter. The two TAB NZ brands sit at the top because they are the only lawful option in New Zealand; the offshore brands follow in the order research sets. None of the offshore brands is licensed in New Zealand, and that is the single most important column in the table.

Two things the table makes obvious. The TAB NZ brands are the only entry in the column that says anything other than “not licensed in New Zealand”, and the offshore brands vary widely in how much they say about MLS specifically — 22Bet names its market count, several others say nothing about MLS in the available material. A New Zealand reader’s safest assumption is that TAB NZ quotes the market the punter actually wants; an offshore brand is a bet that the operator bothers to list MLS at all.

The TAB NZ brands, side by side

TAB is the original TAB NZ digital experience. The app has been on the New Zealand App Store since 8 September 2014, published by New Zealand Racing Board, the legal name for TAB NZ. It covers horse and harness racing, rugby union, rugby league and other sports, pre-match and live, with Trackside live race streaming, in-app betting, racing form, Blackbook and Jockey Challenge tools, and a simplified wallet for deposits and withdrawals. The age rating is 17+ on the App Store, with the operator stating customers must be 18 or over to bet — the App Store rating reflects the broader racing and sports content, not the betting age.

Betcha is the newer TAB NZ brand, first released on 6 August 2024 and published on the New Zealand App Store by Entain New Zealand Limited. It is a sports-and-racing app — horse, greyhound and harness racing, plus rugby, NRL, MMA/UFC, NBA, NFL, tennis, cricket, football, motorsports and esports — with a younger design and a heavier weighting toward sports beyond racing.

For an MLS bettor, the two TAB NZ brands offer the same market list under the same betting rules. Betcha’s interface is the only practical difference; the odds, the promotions and the responsible-gambling tools are shared. Opening an account on one is opening an account on the other; closing one closes both.

The offshore brands, briefly

The eight offshore brands below are listed because New Zealand players meet them, not because any of them is a recommended choice in New Zealand. Each is described against the criteria of licence, MLS coverage and market structure. Each is rated on what its own terms and features say — never on a bonus, because the bonus the marketing pushes is rarely the offer the small print delivers.

22Bet is a Curaçao-licensed sportsbook (8048/JAZ) operated by TechSolutions Group N.V. It names 30+ market types per event on football, including 1X2, Double Chance, totals, both teams to score, correct score and HT-FT, with additional markets for tennis and other sports. The breadth of the market list is the brand’s defining feature; the absence of any New Zealand authorisation is the cost.

Rabona launched on 23 December 2019 as the sixth online sportsbook of the Soft2Bet group, under a Curaçao licence. It runs the standard football feed with pre-match and live markets. As a Curaçao-licensed operator it has no New Zealand standing.

Millioner offers pre-match and live events on football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football and baseball, with separate Live Betting and Virtual Sports sections. The sportsbook is a generalist rather than a deep MLS quote. It names no licence that applies in New Zealand.

Thunderpick is an esports-first sportsbook covering CS2, League of Legends, Dota 2 and Valorant, with a sportsbook that includes a cash-out feature and markets from the Champions League to the NFL. The MLS feed sits inside a wider sports offering. The brand is Curaçao-licensed (OGL/2024/677/0722), held by Paloma Media B.V., which is no authority in New Zealand.

RTbet covers football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football and baseball, with live betting and virtual sports. The brand is Curaçao-licensed. As with the other offshore entries, MLS coverage comes from the standard football feed rather than from any dedicated US-soccer product.

BillyBets runs a casino and a sportsbook under one account, with the sportsbook covering football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football, baseball, combat sports, esports, virtual sports and live betting. It names no licence that applies in New Zealand.

Spinbara is a casino-first brand with a sportsbook. It advertises a first-deposit bonus and a sport crypto welcome bonus on its English site. The brand names no licence that applies in New Zealand.

Rooster has a sportsbook with Live, Sports Promotions, Results, Schedule, E-sports and Predictions sections, and shows odds in six formats. It is licensed by the Tobique Gaming Commission (No. 0000002), held by Novatrix SRL — a Canadian First Nations regulator with no jurisdiction in New Zealand.

What an offshore brand is worth to a New Zealand reader

The honest answer: it depends on what the reader is looking for. A punter who wants only MLS, only the standard 1X2 / totals / both-teams-to-score markets, and only the New Zealand harm-minimisation framework, has no reason to leave TAB NZ. A punter who wants a Same Game Multi on a niche player prop, an outright on the Supporters’ Shield at a particular price, or an exchange-style feature TAB NZ does not quote, may find an offshore brand quoting a market TAB NZ does not. The trade is the absence of New Zealand consumer protection for the presence of those markets.

A note on promotional language. Offshore brands market aggressively — “100% bonus”, “free bet”, “boosted odds”, “best odds”. The marketing cost is what the bonus actually pays out after the small print: a 100% match bonus on the first deposit typically carries a wagering requirement that has to be met before any withdrawal is allowed, often at a minimum odds threshold and within a fixed window. The TAB NZ “bonus bets” promotions are described in TAB NZ’s own terms; the wagering structure of any offshore welcome offer needs to be checked on the operator’s own terms page before any deposit is made, because the marketing line and the terms are rarely the same sentence.

Responsible gambling in New Zealand

Betting under 18 in New Zealand is an offence under section 89 of the Racing Industry Act 2020. TAB NZ requires a verified New Zealand address and ID before an account is opened, and the operator states that customers must be 18 or over to bet. The age for land-based casinos is 20 — the two are not the same, and an MLS bettor is in the betting column, not the casino one.

TAB NZ lists three responsible-gambling tools in its app: deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion. A deposit limit caps the amount a TAB NZ account can load over a chosen period. A time-out pauses the account for a chosen window. A self-exclusion closes the account for a longer minimum period and applies across both TAB NZ brands, TAB and Betcha. None of these tools is automatic; the bettor sets them, and the TAB NZ system enforces them once set.

There is no single national online-betting exclusion register in New Zealand; the register the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 will require is for online casinos only. TAB NZ must keep the risks of problem and underage gambling minimised, and pays a Problem Gambling Levy of 0.74% — in force from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028 — that funds harm-minimisation services.

For readers who need help: the free Gambling Helpline at 0800 654 655 (text 8006) and Safer Gambling Aotearoa offer counselling, support and self-exclusion assistance. Offshore operators apply their own responsible-gambling frameworks, which may be similar in spirit and thinner in practice.

What a self-exclusion does, and what it does not

A TAB NZ self-exclusion closes the TAB and Betcha accounts and applies across the two brands. It does not reach an offshore account. A reader who wants a complete break has to ask every operator they have an account with, and that includes every offshore brand they have ever opened a book with. The Gambling Helpline can help coordinate a multi-operator exclusion request, and that is the practical route for anyone trying to stop rather than to slow down.

The deposit-limit and time-out tools work at the account level only. A punter who sets a $100 weekly deposit limit on TAB will not be slowed at a parallel offshore account on the same week.

Legal framework, in full

The Department of Internal Affairs is the gambling regulator under the Gambling Act 2003 and monitors compliance with the betting prohibition in section 92A of the Racing Industry Act 2020. The Racing Industry Act 2020 establishes TAB NZ as the sole betting provider for racing and sports in New Zealand. The Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA: no person other than TAB NZ may offer racing betting, sports betting or other racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand, regardless of where that person is resident or incorporated. The change took effect on 28 June 2025, and DIA told providers serving New Zealand to withdraw with immediate effect. There is no licensing route for another bookmaker and no licence register for betting, because there is only one lawful operator.

The law does not geo-block offshore websites; it puts liability on the offshore operator. For the player: section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003 (inserted in 2025) provides that an individual may not be convicted for placing a bet with an offshore operator in breach of section 74AAA. No published penalty for a player was found.

The Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 licenses online casino gambling only and does not license sports betting; TAB NZ winning the right to apply for a casino licence does not extend the betting monopoly. Greyhound racing is closing in stages from 1 August 2026, and from that date offshore operators may not take bets on greyhound races either.

Tax, for the reader

For a recreational bettor, Inland Revenue guidance says gambling winnings are generally not taxable, and prize money from TAB horse, dog and trotting races is not taxable. A person who bets as a business is a different case, and the page notes this as general information, not tax advice: consult Inland Revenue or an accountant if the betting pattern is anything other than occasional.

The operator side is the other half. TAB NZ pays the Problem Gambling Levy of 0.74%. Overseas operators supplying New Zealand residents pay online gambling duty — 12% of profits since 1 July 2024, rising to 16% from 1 January 2027. Paying the duty is not the same as being lawful: the duty is a tax on offshore gambling profits, not a licence to take bets from New Zealand residents, and a duty-paying offshore brand is still unlawfully serving New Zealand under section 74AAA.

Advertising

The Advertising Standards Authority’s Gambling Advertising Code applies to betting advertisements. Ads must not target children (under 14) or young people (14 to under 18), judged by context, appeal and expected audience — 25% or more of the audience counts as significant where accurate data exists — must not encourage harm, and must be truthful with terms available. There is no New Zealand equivalent of a “whistle-to-whistle” ban for betting.

TAB NZ runs “bonus bets” promotions. No New Zealand rule on bet-bonus size or wagering terms was found, so any description of a TAB NZ bonus is a description of TAB NZ’s own terms, not a regulatory floor. Offshore brands market aggressively in jurisdictions where they are lawful; the New Zealand regulator’s reach over their advertising is limited.

Predictions, analysis and what they are worth

The MLS fixture list is built for analysis: a 34-game regular season with 30 clubs and a hard salary cap means form swings are sharper and more data-driven than in European leagues. That is the upside. The downside is that the data the punter can access is the same data the modelers can access, and the prices TAB NZ prints reflect that.

Three honest points about “MLS best bets today”, “MLS betting tips” and the rest of the prediction industry.

The houses have the same data the tipsters do. Expected goals, possession-adjusted shot quality, xGOT, injury reports — every metric the public-facing tipsters cite is also fed into the bookmaker’s price. The price already has the analysis in it. A tipster who claims to beat the price is making a claim that needs more than a model screenshot.

Form runs do exist in MLS, and they are exploitable. A team on a four-game winning streak entering a home fixture against a side on a three-game losing streak is a public pattern; the price reflects it. Whether the price reflects it correctly is a different question, and one that needs the closing line, not the morning price, to answer.

Multis are the standard retail product. Same Game Multis let a bettor stack a heavy favourite to win with both teams to score and a player to score into a price around 4.00. The marketing makes this look like a clever angle. The arithmetic makes it look like a margin-heavy product: each leg carries its own margin, and a three-leg SGM carries roughly three times the margin of a single match-result bet. The house edge compounds with each leg added.

A practical bankroll frame

The single most useful figure a bettor controls is the size of the bet relative to the total bank. A rule of one or two percent of the bank per selection is conservative; a rule of five percent is aggressive; anything above ten percent is closer to gambling than to betting, regardless of how confident the price looks. The point is not the specific number; the point is that the bet size is set before the bet is placed, and that the bank survives a losing run.

The other practical rule: never chase. A losing streak is a sign the prices were wrong, not a sign the next bet is “due”. The bettor who doubles the stake to recover a bad day has already lost, even if the next bet wins.

What an MLS outright market is worth

Outrights — MLS Cup winner, Conference winners, Supporters’ Shield, top scorer — are popular at the start of an MLS season. They carry long odds and small stakes for most bettors. The honest frame: an outright is a lottery ticket priced by the bookmaker, with a small chance of a large payout. The expected value is set by the margin; the variance is high; the bet must be sized like a lottery ticket, not like a single-fixture selection.

Practical reading of the 2026 season

The 2026 MLS season has three distinct windows.

Pre-World Cup, 21 February to 25 May. A short spring window where early-season form settles. TAB NZ will quote match-result prices from the first fixture, with both teams to score and total-goals markets deepening as the weeks go on.

Mid-season break, 25 May to 16 July. No MLS matches. Outright markets remain live but no new form data arrives. This is when outrights are cheapest to enter — the field is at its widest, the modelers have the smallest sample.

Post-World Cup, 16 July to 7 November (regular season) and 18 November to 18 December (playoffs). A heavy fixture list with Conference races tightening. The defending champions, Inter Miami CF, will be marked accordingly. The MLS Cup final on 18 December 2026 will be priced by TAB NZ from mid-season on, and the price will compress as the field narrows.

Which reader each setup suits

A casual MLS viewer who wants a small bet on the weekend’s main fixture is well served by TAB NZ alone. The market list is complete, the responsible-gambling tools are present, and the operator runs the only lawful book.

A bettor who wants player props, niche outrights, or a Same Game Multi on a deeper set of legs may find more at an offshore brand — but pays the cost of no New Zealand complaints route, no shared self-exclusion, and DIA’s stated risk warnings. The trade is real and worth naming.

A reader who wants nothing to do with the offshore market, including for the bigger promotions, has only one path in New Zealand and that path is the TAB NZ brands. The path is short and the protections are New Zealand ones, which is the point.

Frequently asked questions about MLS betting in New Zealand

Which bookmaker may lawfully take sports and racing bets in New Zealand?

Only TAB NZ, which operates online through its two brands TAB and Betcha. The Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA into the Racing Industry Act 2020; the change took effect on 28 June 2025. There is no licence register for bookmakers because there is only one lawful provider. Offshore brands remain reachable but are not authorised to take bets from people in New Zealand.

How is the return on a bet worked out from the stake and the odds?

In decimal odds, return equals stake multiplied by odds. A $20 stake at odds of 2.10 returns $42, of which $22 is profit. A Same Game Multi multiplies the prices of the legs together, so three legs at 1.80, 2.20 and 1.50 give a combined price of 5.94. A $10 stake returns $59.40 if all three legs win. A single losing leg voids the entire stake.

What is the bookmaker’s margin and how can it be seen in the odds?

The margin is the slice the bookmaker keeps from every dollar staked across a market. On a match-result market priced at 2.10 / 3.40 / 3.60, the implied probabilities add up to 104.8%; that 4.8% overround is the bookmaker’s edge. As a payout share, a $1 stake split evenly across the three outcomes returns about 95.4 cents on average; the rest is the margin. Margins on player props and on smaller markets tend to be higher than on match-result markets.

What does a player lose by betting with a bookmaker that has no New Zealand licence?

Three things: no New Zealand complaints route, no shared self-exclusion across New Zealand tools, and the Department of Internal Affairs’s stated risks that overseas operators may be in jurisdictions with minimal consumer safeguards, may not return unspent credits and may not pay out large wins. The player is not criminally liable under section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003, but the protections a TAB NZ account carries do not transfer.

From what age can bets be placed with TAB NZ, and what is checked when opening an account?

From 18. Betting under 18 is an offence under section 89 of the Racing Industry Act 2020. Opening a TAB NZ account requires a verified New Zealand address and ID. The TAB NZ App Store age rating is 17+, reflecting the broader racing and sports content; the betting age is 18 and that is the rule TAB NZ enforces.

Are betting winnings taxed in New Zealand?

Recreational gambling winnings are generally not taxable, and prize money from TAB horse, dog and trotting races is not taxable. A person who bets as a business is treated differently. The Operator side: TAB NZ pays the Problem Gambling Levy of 0.74%; offshore operators supplying New Zealand residents pay online gambling duty, currently 12% of profits, rising to 16% from 1 January 2027.

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