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Yahoo – The IRB has ramped up their anti-corruption fight with warnings that people involved in match-fixing could face a lifetime ban while players even placing a bet on a game could be slapped with a one-year suspension. The regulations, however, are seen as more preventive in nature, the New Zealand Rugby Union’s general manager of professional rugby, Neil Sorensen, said. “We haven’t heard of anyone betting (illegally) on rugby but we don’t want to risk it,” Sorensen told Reuters. “But the more global that rugby gets and the more there is live television coverage to places where illegal betting…

NPR – After losing the bet, he had to change his name to one just shy of the 100-character limit for new names in New Zealand. The incident came to light recently because his passport expired… …he’s a 22-year-old from New Zealand who lost a poker bet a few years ago. He wagered his name. And after losing, he had to change his name to one just shy of the hundred-character limit for new names in New Zealand; this came to light recently because his passport expired. His full legal name, a mouthful, wait for it: Full Metal Havok More…

3 News – Speakers from around the world are gathering in Auckland from today to discuss the issue of problem gambling. The theme of the International Gambling Conference, meeting at AUT University, is ‘gambling in a mobile era’. Professor Samantha Thomas from the University of Wollongong says in Australia, betting is on its way to replacing alcohol as a fashionable sporting accessory, particularly amongst young men. “Before when you were the only guy that didn’t drink in the pub [you] were kind of the one that was left out – now if you’re the only guy that doesn’t gamble on…