10 月 9 日，测试认证机构 GLI 获准成为新西兰线上娱乐场市场的三家独立测试实验室之一，另外两家是 Quality Assurance Laboratories 和 BMM Australia。新西兰的《2026 年线上娱乐场法案》今年落地，牌照走的是竞争性分配，正式受理窗口本月就开。市场还没开门，认证这条通道先通了——想进场的运营商和供应商，现在就能对着获批实验室名单做技术准备，不用等牌照批下来才手忙脚乱。
GLI 的盘子不算小，服务全球 710 多个受监管司法辖区，在悉尼、墨尔本、阿德莱德都设了实验室，近期还刚拿下菲律宾 PAGCOR 和乌兹别克斯坦的认证资质。亚太区董事总经理 Richard Howarth 话说得直接：新西兰是亚太线上市场的重要一步，团队已经准备好帮运营商和供应商把新监管框架的技术要求一项项摸清楚。先认实验室、再谈市场，这套顺序在亚太新市场里会越来越常见。
对正在做包网平台选型的团队，这条消息真正值钱的是一个提醒：进新市场别只盯着游戏数量和支付渠道，认证实验室能不能覆盖目标市场、测试排期要排多久，往往才是卡进度的环节。把认证当成安全与合规的选型指标提前问清，比等牌照窗口开了再临时补课实在。一张包网方案的检查清单里，认证实验室就该单独占一行，写在游戏数和支付方式前面。
On October 9, testing and certification body GLI was approved as one of three independent test laboratories for New Zealand's regulated online casino market, alongside Quality Assurance Laboratories and BMM Australia. New Zealand's Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 took effect this year, licensing is moving through competitive allocation, and the application window opens this month. The market has not launched yet, but the certification path is already clear, so operators and suppliers can start technical preparations against the approved lab list instead of scrambling once licences arrive.
GLI's footprint is substantial - it serves more than 710 regulated jurisdictions worldwide, runs laboratories in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and recently added accreditations from the Philippines' PAGCOR and Uzbekistan. APAC Managing Director Richard Howarth put it plainly: New Zealand is an important step for regulated online gaming in the region, and the team is ready to help operators and suppliers work through the new framework's technical requirements one by one. Lab first, market second is a sequence we will see more often across new APAC markets.
For teams doing white-label platform selection, the real takeaway is a reminder: entering a new market is not just about game counts and payment rails - whether a certification lab covers the target market, and how long the testing queue runs, is often what stalls the timeline. Asking about certification as a security and compliance selection criterion up front beats cramming once the licence window opens. On a platform selection checklist, the certification lab deserves its own line, ahead of the game count and payment methods.