UAGHow online play works
Separate the game, the account, the payment layer and the promotional layer.
Open guideIndependent adult gaming guidance · New Zealand
Evidence before play.
UAG helps adults understand online gaming and wagering before money, time or personal information is put at risk.
Online play can look simple: open a game, choose an amount and see a result. The decision is wider than that. Probability, platform design, payment records, account recovery and personal limits all shape the experience.
UAG brings those questions into one place for New Zealand adults. The aim is not to encourage or discourage a transaction. It is to make the decision easier to examine.
Domain transition
This website has a new purpose.
The domain previously hosted the University Advisory Group, a time-limited public consultation project. That work has concluded and official reports are now held by the relevant New Zealand public institutions. This independent website is a new publication and is not connected with the former group, its members or the New Zealand Government.
Three starting points
Read the system, not only the result.
Probability and odds
Understand randomness, volatility and why a recent outcome does not predict the next one.
Open guideLimits and signals
Decide what a stop looks like before time, money or emotion makes the decision harder.
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4Checks before money moves
A practical reading order
Start with the decision that is closest.
If the immediate question is access, begin with account safety. If money is about to move, use the payment checklist. If the session itself feels difficult to stop, move directly to the responsible-play plan.