Waiariki McIlroy-Jones appears at Christchurch District Court for sentencing on charges relating to illegal gambling offences for running New Zealand's largest illegal lottery.
A Canterbury man behind the country's biggest illegal lottery will not be going to jail but his punishment is yet to be determined.
Waiariki McIlroy-Jones and his company Jonez LRC Ltd were due to be sentenced at the Christchurch District Court on Friday for running schemes that generated $11 million in a year but the judge reserved his decision until June.
The Department of Internal Affairs laid charges against Jones and his company in May 2024 for organising illegal gambling and profiting from the lotteries.
McIlroy-Jones and his company came to Internal Affairs' attention in October 2022 after complaints were made about giveaways being organised by the then-22-year-old.
