What betting with TAB NZ actually looks like, and what the sole-operator rule changes

Updated October 2026

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Since 28 June 2025, TAB NZ and its online sister brand Betcha are the only operators allowed to take online sports and racing bets from people in New Zealand. The change came through section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020, and the Department of Internal Affairs told unlicensed providers to withdraw with immediate effect. There is no licence register for bookmakers because there is only this one lawful provider. What follows on this page is the consequence of that setup: how TAB and Betcha differ, how their products price up, what happens to the offshore brand a New Zealand punter might stumble on, and what the rules on money, identity and harm-minimisation actually require. Data current as of 30 October 2026, verified against TAB NZ’s published terms, the Racing Industry Act 2020 (as amended) and the Department of Internal Affairs’s stated position on the section 74AAA prohibition.

What the section 74AAA change settles, and what it does not

The Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 inserted section 74AAA into the Racing Industry Act 2020. The wording is direct: 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 the Department’s public line has been that providers serving New Zealand must stop. The statute does not block websites. It does not instruct banks to refuse payments. It does not name a player penalty. What it does is put liability on the operator, which is why the rest of this page keeps coming back to the difference between “TAB NZ and Betcha, two brands of one operator group” and “any brand that is not TAB NZ, offering from offshore.”

The point at which the rule bites is the offer. A bookmaker advertising to a person in New Zealand, accepting a deposit from a New Zealand account, or settling a winning bet into a New Zealand bank, is offering racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand — the exact behaviour the section prohibits. The offshore operator carries that exposure. TAB NZ, by contrast, sits under the Gambling Act 2003 framework, with the Department of Internal Affairs as regulator, with a Problem Gambling Levy to pay, and with the harm-minimisation tools its app publishes. That is the package the page compares every other offer against.

The two brands are one operator, and what that changes

TAB and Betcha share an operator group: TAB New Zealand. They share the same betting rules, the same product set, and the same harm-minimisation tools. They are not rivals. A punter who opens both is opening two doors onto the same ledger, with the same account balance available on each. The point of having two brands is not competition; it is product split, with TAB carrying the long-form racing and sports menu that the public has known for decades, and Betcha running the newer fixed-odds product Entain developed for the New Zealand market. Entain is TAB NZ’s partner under a 25-year agreement signed in 2023, running the TAB business day to day in exchange for a 50/50 share of gross profits. The contract guarantees at least NZ$150 million a year to TAB NZ for the first five years, with Entain pledging a one-off NZ$100 million payment to the racing sector when the deal was signed.

The operational consequence: both brands run on the same betting engine, the same fixed-odds feed, the same live markets, and the same customer due diligence. A multi placed on Betcha settles through the same infrastructure as one placed on TAB. The product is one product, dressed twice. Where the brands do differ is in the surface — the colour scheme, the market layout, the promotional cadence — and in the bettor a particular layout suits. TAB carries the tote (pool) markets the racing public grew up with, including Win, Place, Each Way, Quinella, Exacta, Trifecta, First Four, Double, Treble, Daily Double, Running Double, Quaddie and Big6. Betcha carries the same fixed-odds racing menu plus a sports menu with a heavier emphasis on same-game multis. A punter who wants to back a Quinella and a Trifecta on the same card uses TAB. A punter who wants to build a same-game multi across an NRL match uses Betcha.

How a TAB NZ bet settles, from selection to payout

Money flows through three periods. First, the bet is built: the punter adds a selection to a bet slip, names a stake, and the slip shows the decimal odds and the maximum return if every leg wins. Second, the bet is placed: the slip is confirmed, the stake is debited from the account, and a bet ID is issued. Third, the bet is settled: each leg is graded in turn, a winning return is credited, and a losing stake is forfeit.

The arithmetic underneath settles in two steps. A single bet at decimal odds pays stake × odds back, so a NZ$10 stake at 2.10 returns NZ$21 (NZ$11 net). A multi multiplies the legs into one price — three legs at 2.10, 1.80 and 3.50 return NZ$10 × (2.10 × 1.80 × 3.50) = NZ$132.30 if all three win. The return is paid in one credit, with the stake component folded in. A multi where one leg loses settles as a loss: the stake is gone, no partial payout, no refund of the surviving legs. The punter who wants the consolation of an accumulator insurance has to find it as a promotion; it is not a default TAB NZ feature.

A same-game multi is a multi whose legs come from one event — head-to-head, total points, first try-scorer, margin, and similar markets from the same match. The odds compound the same way, but the legs share a common outcome, so the bet succeeds or fails on one match result. Same-game multis are a heavier-margin territory than singles, because the bookmaker’s edge compounds across the legs. That is the trade-off TAB NZ makes for the offer: a punter can combine correlated markets inside one game and turn a small stake into a meaningful return, but the percentage the bookmaker holds is wider than on a single.

What the odds actually carry, in margin terms

Every decimal price embeds the bookmaker’s margin. The way to read it is the payout share — the proportion of every dollar bet that comes back as winnings, averaged across all outcomes of one market. For a two-way market at decimal odds 1.90 and 1.90, the payout share is 1 ÷ (1/1.90 + 1/1.90) = 0.95, which is 95%, and the margin is 5%. For a three-way market (home, draw, away) at 2.10, 3.40 and 3.50, the payout share is 1 ÷ (1/2.10 + 1/3.40 + 1/3.50) = 0.93, and the margin is 7%.

TAB NZ’s published margins sit in the low single digits on the headline 1X2 markets for top-tier European football and rugby league. Heavier-margin markets are the same-game multis, the player props and the novelty markets, where the legs are correlated or the market is thinly formed. A punter looking for value shops the singles against the multi. A punter looking for entertainment builds a multi and accepts the wider margin as the price of the bigger ticket. The point of the comparison is not that one is good and the other bad — it is that the price difference is the spread between the two, and the spread is what the punter is paying for the form of bet they want.

The arithmetic for a periodic scenario: a turnover of NZ$500 staked once at decimal odds of 1.90 / 1.90 carries an expected cost in the band of NZ$25 (the 5% margin applied to the turnover). The same NZ$500 bet at 1.80 / 1.80 carries an expected cost in the band of around NZ$55 (roughly an 11% margin). A punter who moves from the first market to the second is paying an extra 6% of stake for the move, with no change in the form of the bet. The expected loss tracks the structural cost the bookmaker keeps; it is not what a particular bet wins or loses, but what the same NZ$500 returns on average across many such bets. Where the same bet is a single at 2.10, the implied margin is around 5%, and the expected cost of NZ$500 staked once sits in the band of NZ$25. The arithmetic belongs to the punter — every margin the page names is what the punter is paying the operator for the price they see.

What the bonus bet really costs

TAB NZ runs “bonus bets” promotions. The shape of the offer is a credit the punter can stake, settled like a free bet, with a defined minimum odds floor and an expiry. The clause that changes the value is whether the stake comes back with the win. A bonus bet whose stake is not returned pays the winnings only: a NZ$10 bonus bet at 2.10 pays NZ$11 net (NZ$10 × (2.10 − 1)). A bonus bet whose stake is returned pays NZ$21 (NZ$10 × 2.10). The first form is the common one in New Zealand, and the second is rarer.

What the offer is worth on average: for a free bet whose stake is not paid back, the value is the free-bet amount × (odds − 1) ÷ odds × the payout share of that market. A NZ$10 bonus bet at 2.10 on a market with a 95% payout share is worth, on average, NZ$10 × (2.10 − 1) ÷ 2.10 × 0.95 = NZ$4.97. At 3.50, the same bonus bet is worth NZ$10 × (3.50 − 1) ÷ 3.50 × 0.95 = NZ$6.79. Higher prices mean higher expected value, but also higher variance — a longer price means a smaller chance of winning. A punter who wants the expected-value ceiling stakes the bonus bet as high as the minimum odds floor allows. A punter who wants a real chance of a payout drops the price to a more conservative level and accepts the lower average value.

The turnover rule that goes with the offer, where one is offered, states a wagering multiple and a window. Required turnover = bonus base × wagering factor. Bets needed = turnover ÷ stake per bet. A NZ$10 bonus with a 1× wagering factor and a NZ$10 stake per bet requires one bet at or above the minimum odds. A NZ$10 bonus with a 3× wagering factor at NZ$5 stake per bet requires six qualifying bets. The expected cost of clearing the offer follows from the requirement: required turnover × the margin of the market the punter plays. At a 5% margin, a NZ$30 turnover carries an expected cost in the band of NZ$1.50. The bonus is worth roughly NZ$5; the clearing cost is roughly NZ$1.50; the net is positive but modest. A punter who clears a small bonus on a tight margin is making a different bet than one who clears a large bonus on a wide-margin multi.

Live betting, in-play markets and the cash-out question

Live betting at TAB NZ is the product category where the odds move fastest and the margin is widest. The bookmaker’s edge on a live market is wider than on a pre-match market because the bookmaker has to manage exposure in real time, with a thinner data feed and a more error-prone price. The punter’s edge is information — knowing the score, the lineup, the momentum — that the bookmaker’s feed has not yet priced. A punter who has the information and the patience can find a live price that is mispriced relative to the true probability. A punter without the information pays the wider price for the entertainment of a bet placed while the match is unfolding.

The product category the punter meets is a partial cash-out: TAB NZ’s apps list live markets with the option to settle a bet early at a price the bookmaker sets. The cash-out price is below the full-win return because the bookmaker is buying the punter’s ticket back at a discount. The discount is the bookmaker’s edge on the live market, plus a buffer for the risk the offer might otherwise settle at the full return. A punter who cashes out at a 2.50 price on a ticket that might pay 3.00 if it wins is selling 50 cents of expected value for the certainty of the smaller payout. The cash-out is a hedge, not a profit-taking tool. A punter who hedges a multi that is one leg from settling is paying the discount to lock in a return; a punter who cashes out a single that is winning well is giving up value the ticket might have paid.

The tab NZ app surfaces in-play markets for the major codes — rugby union, rugby league, football, cricket, tennis. Markets with no published statutory restriction can run, and the in-play offer of in-play markets is not capped by section 74AAA. The constraint on what may be bet on live sits with TAB NZ’s own product policy, not with the statute.

The mobile app, what it does and what it costs

TAB NZ publishes its betting app “TAB – Racing & Sports Betting” on the New Zealand App Store under the seller name New Zealand Racing Board. The app was first released on 8 September 2014, runs a 17+ App Store age rating while stating that customers must be 18 or over to bet, and covers horse and harness racing, rugby union and rugby league and other sports, with both pre-match and live markets. The app is the same product as the desktop site, with the bettor’s account, balance, deposit history and bet history carried over from the browser session.

The app’s published safer-gambling tools are deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion. A deposit limit caps the total amount a punter can deposit over a chosen window — daily, weekly, monthly — with a cool-off before any increase takes effect. A time-out pauses the account for a chosen window — 24 hours, a week, a month. A self-exclusion closes the account for a longer window — six months, a year, five years — with the closure applying across TAB NZ’s two brands (TAB and Betcha). A punter who self-excludes from TAB is self-excluded from Betcha; the two brands share the exclusion list. The new self-exclusion is the hard version; the time-out is the soft version; the deposit limit is the daily version. A punter who wants to slow down sets a deposit limit. A punter who wants to stop for a while sets a time-out. A punter who wants to stop sets a self-exclusion.

The mechanics of a multi on the app mirror the mechanics on the desktop site, with the bet slip built by tapping legs, the stake entered by tapping numbers, and the bet confirmed by tapping place bet. The flow is fast enough to place a same-game multi on a rugby league match without missing the kick-off; it is not fast enough to chase a live price that is moving. A punter who wants to trade live markets uses the desktop, where the screen and the data feed are larger.

Identity, age and the New Zealand-only account

TAB NZ accounts need a verified New Zealand address and identity, with the verification done at sign-up. The minimum age is 18: betting under 18 is an offence under section 89 of the Racing Industry Act 2020. The age for land-based casinos in New Zealand is 20, and the two are different rules — never merge them. The 18/20 distinction matters because the casino law and the betting law are different statutes with different age thresholds, and a punter who is 18 may bet with TAB NZ but may not enter a land-based casino.

The verification process at TAB NZ takes the punter’s name, address, date of birth and identity document, and checks them against the operator’s records. The check is run once at sign-up and re-run if the punter’s details change. A punter who moves address or changes name has to re-verify. A punter who fails verification cannot deposit or bet. The framework is the standard customer due diligence the gambling regulator expects of a licensed operator, and the framework reaches TAB NZ’s two brands alike.

The offshore brand that does not require New Zealand identity is the offshore brand that does not have the New Zealand regulator’s framework. The trade-off is a faster sign-up against a thinner complaints route, no New Zealand harm-minimisation tools, and the Department’s stated risk that an overseas operator may not return unspent credits or pay out large wins. The section 74AAA rule is the regulator’s response to that trade-off: the lawful choice is the one with the regulator’s framework, and the framework comes with the verification.

Payments: what TAB NZ takes and what it costs

TAB NZ’s deposit methods and limits are operator-level and come only from its terms — there is no statutory payment rule for betting accounts, no statutory card block, no bank obligation to refuse deposits to overseas operators. A punter opening a TAB NZ account funds it with a New Zealand bank deposit, a debit card, or another method the operator publishes. The minimum deposit, the maximum deposit, the per-transaction fee, and the settlement time are TAB NZ’s own terms; a punter who wants to know them reads the cashier page before depositing.

The Department’s stated position on payment methods is that overseas operators may be in jurisdictions with minimal consumer safeguards, may not return unspent credits and may not pay out large wins. The position is a warning, not a statutory cap. A punter who funds an offshore account does so without the New Zealand complaints route, and the warning is what the Department asks the punter to read.

The tax position for the punter: Inland Revenue guidance says 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 a different case. The general information applies to most punters; the business case applies to a professional, and a punter who fits that case consults Inland Revenue or an accountant. The page does not give tax advice, and it does not generalise the recreational case to the business case.

The greyhound closure and what it changes

Greyhound racing in New Zealand is closing in stages from 1 August 2026. From that date offshore operators may not take bets on greyhound races either — the closure is total, not just for the New Zealand operator. The market the punter is betting on is the final race meetings, with the betting opportunities thinning as the calendar runs out. A punter who backs greyhounds at TAB NZ in the first half of 2026 is betting on a market that will not exist by the second half of 2026.

The change matters because the greyhound code is one of the three racing codes TAB NZ runs, alongside thoroughbred and harness. Quinella, Exacta, Trifecta and First Four pools on greyhound cards are part of the betting menu; they will not be part of the menu after the closure. The punter who likes the format moves to harness or thoroughbred; the punter who likes the format only on greyhounds has no other option.

The offshore brand, and the trade-off it presents

The offshore brand a New Zealand punter meets is a brand that, by section 74AAA, has no right to take the bet. The trade-off the punter is making is fast sign-up and a heavier welcome package against the absence of a New Zealand complaints route, the absence of the New Zealand harm-minimisation tools TAB NZ publishes, and the Department’s stated risk that the operator may not return unspent credits or may not pay out a large win. The bet itself settles the same way — stake, odds, return — because the arithmetic is universal. The framework around the bet is what differs.

The offshore brand’s licence, where one is published, is an Anjouan, Curaçao or Tobique licence. None of those gives a right to take bets from people in New Zealand. The licence gives the operator a right to operate from the licensing jurisdiction; it does not give the operator a right to serve a market the operator’s home regulator does not cover. A Curaçao-licensed brand offering to a New Zealand punter is offering under Curaçao’s framework, not under New Zealand’s, and the framework that applies to a dispute is Curaçao’s. The punter who has a complaint about a settled bet takes it up with the operator, then through Curaçao’s process. The Department of Internal Affairs is not part of that chain. The punter’s recourse is the operator’s terms, the licensing jurisdiction’s dispute process, and whatever the operator chooses to do.

The Marketing Standards Authority’s Gambling Advertising Code applies to betting advertisements in New Zealand: 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. The Code is what an advertisement a New Zealand punter sees has to comply with; an offshore advertisement aimed at a New Zealand audience may not. A punter who sees an advertisement that does not comply with the Code has a complaint to take to the Authority; an advertisement aimed offshore is outside the Authority’s jurisdiction.

Bonuses, promotions and what the page does not print

TAB NZ runs “bonus bets” promotions on both brands. The shape of the offer, where research carries one, is a credit the punter stakes once at or above a published minimum odds, with the stake not returned on a win and the winnings paid as cash. No New Zealand rule on bet-bonus size or wagering terms was found, so the punter reads TAB NZ’s own terms for the wagering factor, the minimum odds, the expiry window and the market restrictions. The arithmetic the page names earlier is the average-value framework for any bonus bet of that shape; the specific value for any particular promotion depends on the offer’s own terms.

The page does not print a bonus code, a promo code or a voucher code. The offer is described as the offer’s own terms describe it; the punter who wants to claim it claims it through the operator’s own channel. The same rule applies to the welcome package, the deposit match, the cashback, the accumulator insurance and the boosted odds. Each is described in the operator’s own terms; each is claimed through the operator’s own channel; none is printed by the page.

Help, harm minimisation and the off-ramps

The free New Zealand gambling helpline is 0800 654 655, with the text line 8006. The helpline is the first off-ramp for a punter who is worried about their betting, and the text line is the first off-ramp for a punter who does not want a phone call. Safer Gambling Aotearoa is the public-facing harm-minimisation service the Department funds. The Problem Gambling Levy of 0.74% — in force from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028 — is what funds them; the levy is paid by TAB NZ and the casinos.

TAB NZ’s own off-ramps are the deposit limit, the time-out and the self-exclusion, applied across its two brands. A punter who wants to slow down sets a deposit limit. A punter who wants to stop for a while sets a time-out. A punter who wants to stop sets a self-exclusion. The exclusion is the hard one; the time-out is the soft one; the deposit limit is the daily one. The punter who wants to keep betting but at a lower volume sets a deposit limit. The punter who wants to stop betting for a month sets a time-out. The punter who wants to stop betting for a year sets a self-exclusion.

The self-exclusion applies across TAB and Betcha. There is no single national online-betting exclusion register, because the register the casino law will require is for online casinos only. A punter who self-excludes from TAB NZ is self-excluded from TAB and Betcha; a punter who wants to be excluded from an offshore brand has to ask that brand directly. The exclusion is operator-by-operator; the national register is for casinos, not for betting.

What to expect from the two brands, in summary

TAB is the long-form racing and sports brand, with the tote pools the racing public knows and the multi-bet sports menu the public has come to expect. The punter who wants to back a Quinella and a Trifecta on the same card uses TAB. The punter who wants to build a multi across Super Rugby Pacific uses TAB. The punter who wants to set a deposit limit and check the helpline number uses TAB, because TAB and Betcha carry the same harm-minimisation tools.

Betcha is the newer fixed-odds brand, with the same product underneath and a different surface on top. The punter who wants to build a same-game multi across an NRL match uses Betcha. The punter who wants the newer sportsbook layout uses Betcha. The punter who wants the same TAB NZ harm-minimisation framework uses Betcha, because Betcha and TAB share the framework.

The two brands are two doors onto the same product. The punter who wants both opens both. The punter who wants one chooses the surface they prefer. The punter who wants neither stays away from both — and the harm-minimisation tools are the way to make that choice stick.

The reviewed operators at a glance

TAB NZ operates the only two lawful online brands in New Zealand. Other brands are listed for reference because New Zealand players meet them, and each is marked “not licensed in New Zealand”. What follows is a side-by-side view of the reviewed set — TAB, Betcha, then the eight offshore brands the page rates by the same criteria.

How the reviewed operators stack up

TAB

TAB is the public face of TAB NZ, with the racing heritage and the multi-bet sports menu. The product is the full TAB NZ fixed-odds and tote menu, with the same harm-minimisation tools and the same verification framework. The punt is the broader sportsbook surface, the long-form racing pools, and the account the public has had for years. The punt that costs is the heavier layout the public has had for years — a product built for the racing public, with the multi-bet sports menu as the newer addition. The brand is the right one for a punter who wants the full TAB NZ product and the racing pools, and the wrong one for a punter who wants only the sportsbook. Worth it for the punter who uses the racing pools; the sportsbook-only punter finds the same product on Betcha with a lighter surface.

Betcha

Betcha is the newer of the two TAB NZ brands, with the same product and a sportsbook-leaning surface. The product is the TAB NZ fixed-odds menu with a heavier same-game multi emphasis and a layout built around the multi-bet build. The punter is the sportsbook punter who wants the same TAB NZ framework with a more modern surface. The punter who uses both has both; the punter who uses only the sportsbook has the same product on a layout that fits. Worth it for the sportsbook-only punter; the racing-heavy punter finds the tote pools easier to navigate on TAB.

LegendPlay

LegendPlay is an offshore brand with an Anjouan Gaming Authority licence and a published 18+ floor. It provides a standard offshore sportsbook and casino bundle. For those choosing to look outside the section 74AAA perimeter, the trade-off includes the absence of a New Zealand complaints route, the lack of New Zealand harm-minimisation tools, and the Department’s stated risk on unspent credits. The brand suits those who accept these limitations after reviewing the operator’s terms; it is not recommended for anyone prioritising the New Zealand regulator’s framework.

Sportaza

Sportaza is an offshore brand with a footer-stated Anjouan licence (ALSI-202606064-FI2) and a terms-stated Tobique licence (No. 0000067). It offers the typical offshore sportsbook and casino experience. The setup presents a heavier licence-confusion surface because the brand publishes two different licence numbers in two different places. For clarity on the licence status, a punter is advised to cross-reference the footer claims against the terms and conditions.

Telbet

Telbet is a crypto casino and sportsbook, with a published welcome offer in BTC and a 5 USDT free bet on its Russian-language site. The platform focuses on crypto-settlement, routing transactions through cryptocurrency rather than a New Zealand bank account. This approach bypasses the New Zealand payments perimeter. The trade-off is the offshore perimeter, plus the additional layer of crypto settlement—a path the Department does not regulate, and a payout landing in a wallet rather than a bank account. For a punter familiar with crypto, the brand offers a direct path, but it remains a poor fit for anyone requiring standard New Zealand banking integration.

Alawin

Alawin is an offshore brand with a published 18+ floor and no NZ-applicable licence named in its terms. It offers the typical offshore sportsbook and casino experience. The setup involves a thinner licence surface than brands that publish a specific number. A punter who prioritises transparency may find the absence of a clearly stated licence in the terms a significant factor.

RTbet

RTbet is an offshore brand with a Curaçao licence and a sportsbook covering football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football and baseball, plus live betting and virtual sports. It offers a heavier sport count than smaller bundles. The platform targets bettors looking for broader coverage. Combined with a virtual-sports product whose status as ‘sports betting’ under the Racing Industry Act remains unestablished, the offshore perimeter creates regulatory uncertainty. Betting on these virtuals carries inherent risks.

Golden Panda

Golden Panda is an offshore brand with no NZ-applicable licence named and an extensive product surface: sports, esports and virtual sports, plus casino, live casino, crash games, rewards, cashback, a VIP Club, Golden Goals and Prediction Markets. It offers a casino-heavy extension to the standard sportsbook. The setup includes prediction markets and a VIP programme that operates under its own specific rules, separate from the standard offshore perimeter.

RoyalistPlay

RoyalistPlay is an offshore brand with a Tobique Gaming Commission e-gaming licence (No. 0000002), with the holder named as Novatrix SRL, a Costa Rica company (registration number 3-102-893958). It offers the typical offshore sportsbook and casino experience. The structure involves a Costa-Rica-incorporated holder behind a Tobique licence—a layer between the operator and the user. A punter looking for clear accountability must examine both the holder’s details and the specific licence terms provided.

Rabona

Rabona is an offshore brand with a Curaçao licence, launched on 23 December 2019 as the sixth online sportsbook of the Soft2Bet group. It offers the standard offshore sportsbook and casino experience, powered by the Soft2Bet platform. The platform provides the relative stability of an established brand that has operated for several years under its group, operating beyond the New Zealand perimeter.

Frequently asked questions

How do bonus bets work at TAB NZ?

A bonus bet is a credit TAB NZ stakes on your behalf, with the stake usually not returned on a win. A NZ$10 bonus bet at 2.10 pays NZ$11 net, not NZ$21. The minimum odds floor, the expiry window and the eligible markets are set by the specific promotion’s terms, and the same shape applies to the boosted-odds and accumulator-insurance offers the operator runs.

How do I place a bet on my TAB NZ account?

Open the TAB or Betcha app, add a selection to the bet slip, name the stake, and tap place bet. The bet slip shows the decimal odds and the maximum return if every leg wins. The stake is debited from the account, a bet ID is issued, and the bet settles when each leg is graded. A multi is built by adding more than one selection before tapping place bet.

How do I use a bonus bet on the TAB NZ app?

Open the bet slip, add your selection, toggle the bonus bet stake in place of the cash stake, and confirm at or above the promotion’s minimum odds. The bonus bet settles like a cash bet, with the stake not returned on a win and the winnings paid as cash. The bonus bet must be used before its expiry window, and only on the markets the promotion names.

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

Only TAB NZ, through its two online brands TAB and Betcha. Section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020, in force since 28 June 2025, prohibits any other person from offering racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand, regardless of where that person is resident or incorporated. There is no licence route for another bookmaker because the statute names TAB NZ as the only lawful provider.

Are TAB and Betcha two different bookmakers?

No. TAB and Betcha are the two online brands of TAB New Zealand, run with Entain under a 25-year agreement signed in 2023. They share the same product, the same betting rules, the same harm-minimisation tools and the same verification framework. A self-exclusion on one brand applies across both. Choosing between them is a choice of surface, not a choice of operator.

Written by the editors at Nzbankbets.