Lithuania

News & Analysis

News In Brief: October 25-October 29, 2021

Sweden's gambling restrictions set to end for now, the Seminole Tribe ties up pre-launch sports-betting deals and Crown Resorts settles its costly China law suit.

News In Brief: October 18-October 22, 2021

The UK regulator is moving forward with a project to overhaul its prevalence surveys, uncertainty in California and more Maryland casinos get sports betting go ahead.

Lithuania Approves Online Licence, Tax Changes

Lithuania’s parliament has adopted amendments to the gambling law that allow for a new type of online gambling licence from July 2022.

News In Brief: October 11-October 15, 2021

Michigan reports record monthly gross revenue for online gambling, abolition of Lithuania's flat tax for lotteries and gambling looms larger, and the European Lotteries boss weighs in on the EU's Digital Services Act.

News In Brief: September 20-September 24, 2021

Sweden's regulator maintains its position on toughening advertising rules, Playtech ties up a Brazilian partnership and new gambling taxes are approved in the Philippines.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Market Insight — Baltic States

Baltic online gross gaming revenue surpassed €100m for the first time in 2018, with Estonia’s mature, slot-driven market demonstrating the steepest level of online growth of the three states.

Lithuania: Parliament Introduces Amendments to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act VIII-275 for Transposition of 5th AMLD

On May 31, 2019, the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) passed the draft Republic of Lithuania Cash Flow and Terrorist Financing Prevention Law VIII-275 Articles 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 25, additional amendments to the Annex and supplementary law of Article 25. The law amends the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act VIII-275 by implementing provisions for virtual currency exchange operators and custodian wallet service providers, to align the national regime with the provisions of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5th AMLD).

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €20bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

Lithuania - Gaming Control Authority Report - 2003 to 2021Q3

Latest quarterly data from the Lithuania State Gaming Control Commission. The data released for the country contains the following information: Revenues, expenses, gross income and number of units by company and by gaming sector. There are approximately 4,1620 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: International Gaming Machine Count

This report displays the most recent tallies of gaming machines, split between casino and non-casino units, across over 100 jurisdictions globally. Visual cross-jurisdictional comparisons of gaming machines by category and population-adjusted machine density are facilitated by an interactive dashboard.

IFHA Global Horseracing Report - 2008 to 2019

Latest annual data from the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). The data released contains the following information: Number of flat and jump races by country and horserace betting turnover, amount returned to bettors and deductions by country. There are approximately 6,130 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: European Land-Based Gaming

This report aggregates available, sourced data on regulated land-based gaming markets across Europe, split between casinos and non-casino gaming venues. Market size and annual growth comparisons across 28 reporting European countries can also be visualised via an interactive dashboard.