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Who we are and why this guide exists
This About Us page explains who is behind the site you are reading. It is a guide to one casino, Gaming Club Casino, written for players in New Zealand: every figure is in NZ$, every rule is the one that applies to a Kiwi account, and every page carries three dates.
Why only one casino? Gaming Club has been online since 1994, one of the very first online casinos, and a brand with that much history collects half-remembered facts: old bonus figures, outdated game counts, payment methods that stopped working years ago. We would rather keep one set of pages accurate than spread ourselves thin across a hundred brands.
So the site sticks to what people actually ask before and after they sign up: the welcome offer and its 35x wagering, the loyalty levels, the cashier, live chat, the mobile app and the New Zealand rules. If you are new here, the Gaming Club Casino overview is the best place to start.
Who writes this Gaming Club Casino guide
James Mitchell
Senior Casino Analyst · 12+ years in iGaming
James has spent more than twelve years in iGaming, most of it reading the small print that other people scroll past. He writes about online casinos for New Zealand players and has one simple habit: nothing goes on a page until he has seen it on the casino's own site, on a regulator's register or in his own account. For this guide he reads Gaming Club's promotion rules and banking page line by line, makes small deposits in NZ$ and puts real questions to live chat to see how the answers hold up. He prefers plain numbers to adjectives and would rather write "not published" than guess.
A typical check starts with the terms, not the lobby. If the promotion rules say pokies count 100% towards wagering but most table games only 8%, that line goes into the guide before any talk about favourite games. Then James compares the NZ pages with what the cashier and support say on the day, and where they disagree, the guide reports what a New Zealand account sees.
There is no large Gaming Club Casino review team. NZ readers get one analyst who signs every page, which means one person answers for every figure. If something on the VIP program page or anywhere else on the site looks wrong, it is his name underneath it, and he fixes it.
How we review Gaming Club Casino
Every page on the site goes through the same four steps, always in this order. The last one repeats for as long as the page is online.
- 1Read the terms
Promotion rules, general T&Cs and the banking page. That is where the 35x wagering, the NZ$10 minimum deposit and the 7-day claim window live.
- 2Check licences on the registers
Kahnawake licence 00892 and Alderney licence 155 C1 are looked up on the regulators' own lists, not copied from a footer.
- 3Test the cashier and chat
Small NZ$ deposits, a withdrawal through the 24-hour pending period, and questions put to live chat via the Help Centre.
- 4Re-check and date the page
The facts are compared with the sources again and the Checked date moves. If anything changed, the Updated date moves too.
Some things cannot be checked because Gaming Club does not publish them, such as a points-per-dollar rate for the Loyalty Programme or the threshold for moving from Bronze to Silver. Where that happens, the guide says so plainly. Figures only the casino can measure are quoted as its own: Gaming Club has published an average payout of 97.48%, and we present it exactly like that, not as a number we tested.
What the three dates on each page mean
Published
The day the page first went live. It is fixed and never moves, even after a big rewrite. Every page on this site was first published on 30 Sep 2026.
Updated
Moves only when the content really changes: a new figure, a changed rule, a new section. Fixing a typo or swapping a picture does not count.
Checked
The last time the facts on the page were re-verified against the sources. It can be newer than Updated, which simply means we looked and nothing needed changing.
You will find these dates in the byline at the very bottom of every page, just above the footer, next to James's name and role. Read it from left to right: who reviewed the page, when it first appeared, when its content last changed and when its facts were last confirmed. If the Checked date is recent, the numbers on the page were true on that day. If it is more than a month old, confirm time-sensitive details such as the welcome offer or withdrawal times in the cashier before you deposit.
Why three dates and not one? A single "last updated" line can be bumped automatically every night and then tells you nothing. Three separate dates show how much work really sits behind a page.
Where our facts come from
Every figure in this Gaming Club Casino guide traces back to one of eight places. When two of them disagree, the casino's current NZ page and the regulator's register win over anything older.
- Gaming Club's own pages and T&Cs. The NZ promotions, banking, FAQ and About pages, plus the promotion rules behind the Double Deposit Bonus.
- Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The permit-holder list shows Baytree Interactive Ltd with licence 00892, issued 16 February 2022.
- Alderney Gambling Control Commission. The licensee list shows Baytree (Alderney) Limited with eGaming licence 155 C1, issued 15 December 2020.
- The eCOGRA seal. Shown on the casino, which states that its games are independently audited.
- The NZ App Store listing. For the iOS app: version 10.0.7, last updated 18 June 2020, needs iOS 10 or later.
- The casino's banking page. Methods, deposit-only cards, withdrawal times and the 24-hour pending period.
- DIA's online casino gambling pages. The New Zealand rules under the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026, summarised on our legality page.
- Hands-on checks. Our own deposits, withdrawals and live chat conversations, dated on the page.
Older wording lingers on official pages too: Gaming Club's FAQ still mentions 500+ games, while its current About page says more than 1,500 pokies, table games and live dealer titles, so we use the newer figure. For the background on how wagering, RTP and licensing fit together, how online casinos work in New Zealand covers it step by step.
Spotted something out of date?
Casinos change offers and cashier options without much notice. If what you see at Gaming Club does not match a page here, we want to hear about it.
Tell us what you saw
Use the contact details in the footer. Include the page, the line that looks wrong, what you saw instead and the date you saw it. A screenshot helps a lot.
What happens next
We re-check against the source: the casino's page, the register or the cashier. If the page was wrong, it gets fixed and its Updated date moves, so the next reader can see the change.
Account questions, such as a stuck withdrawal or a locked login, belong with Gaming Club's live chat. Our live chat guide shows how to reach it through the Help Centre.
What players tell us about Gaming Club
Readers write in, and the same few themes keep coming back. Here they are in our own words.
A name with history
Many players like that Gaming Club has been online since 1994 and holds licences in Kahnawake and Alderney. For them, a long track record and eCOGRA-audited games matter more than a flashy lobby.
Mentioned oftenA bonus that is easy to follow
The Double Deposit Bonus gets credit for being simple: 100% up to NZ$200, then 100% up to NZ$150, 35x wagering and a NZ$10 minimum. People like knowing exactly what they are signing up for.
Mentioned oftenHoping for quicker card payouts
Some would like Visa withdrawals to arrive faster than 2-6 business days after the 24-hour pending period. The usual tip in reply: Skrill, Neteller or ecoPayz tend to land within 24-48 hours.
Mentioned sometimesiPhone users also ask why the App Store listing was last updated in June 2020. Browser play needs no download, and the Gaming Club mobile app page explains both options side by side.
Our promises to New Zealand readers
We keep every figure in NZ$ and in the form a New Zealand account sees it. When Gaming Club does not publish something, we write that it is not published instead of filling the gap with a guess. Old figures come off the site once they stop being true, and every page is dated so you can judge its freshness yourself.
Gaming Club is a long-running casino with a clear welcome offer, and the pages say what it does well. Where a detail can catch you out, such as some NZ banks treating card gambling payments as a cash advance or the 24-hour pending period, we point it out early so it does not come as a surprise.
We never ask for your casino login or documents. ID, proof of address or bank statements go to Gaming Club only, through the casino itself. Set your limits before you play: the casino offers deposit limits, self-exclusion and a self-assessment questionnaire, and free support is available from the Gambling Helpline and the Problem Gambling Foundation. Gaming Club's NZ FAQ says players must be at least 20. When you are ready, you can open Gaming Club and see the current offer for yourself.
Questions about this guide
QWho writes this site?
James Mitchell, a Senior Casino Analyst with more than 12 years in iGaming. He covers online casinos for New Zealand players, reads the terms, looks up the licence registers and tests the cashier and live chat himself. His name sits in the byline at the bottom of every page, next to its three dates.
QIs this the official Gaming Club website?
No. This is a guide about Gaming Club Casino written for players in New Zealand. The casino itself is run by Baytree Interactive Ltd, licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, while Baytree (Alderney) Limited holds an Alderney eGaming licence. Your account, deposits and withdrawals all live on the casino's own site, and account questions go to its live chat.
QHow often are pages checked?
At least once a month, and sooner when something changes: a new welcome offer, a payment method added or dropped, or a change to the New Zealand rules. Every check moves the Checked date in the byline. The last full check of the whole site was on 30 September 2026.
QWhat do Published, Updated and Checked mean?
Published is the day a page first went live, and it never changes. Updated moves only when the content really changes, such as a new figure, a new rule or a new section. Checked is the last day the facts were re-verified against the sources. All three sit in the byline at the very bottom of the page, just above the footer.
QCan I suggest a topic?
Yes. Use the contact details in the footer and tell us what you wanted to know about Gaming Club but could not find here. Questions many readers share, such as how loyalty points turn into Bonus Credits, are the most likely to grow into a new section.
QDo you cover other casinos?
No. This site covers Gaming Club Casino only. Gaming Club belongs to the same group as Spin Casino, Royal Vegas, Ruby Fortune and JackpotCity, but we do not review those brands here. Sticking to one casino is what lets us re-check every figure each month.
QWhere do your facts come from?
From Gaming Club's own NZ pages and T&Cs, the Kahnawake and Alderney licence registers, the eCOGRA seal on the casino, the New Zealand App Store listing, the casino's banking page, the Department of Internal Affairs pages on online casino gambling and our own checks of the cashier and live chat. Where sources disagree, the newest official one wins.
See Gaming Club for yourself
Everything on this site is checked against what a New Zealand account sees. Compare the current offer with our pages, then play within limits you set before you start.