Lithuania: gambling regulation and licensing

Lithuania licenses remote gambling through the Gaming Control Authority, an institution under the Ministry of Finance. Licensing is two-stage: an operator needs both a licence and a separate permission to organise remote gambling, and anyone operating without both is treated as illegal. The regulator is unusually transparent about that. It publishes both the list of operators holding remote gambling permissions and a maintained list of illegal online operators, which makes verifying a brand's status in Lithuania straightforward in a way it is not in most markets. Gross income tax on slots, table games, bingo, betting and remote gambling is 22%, raised from 20% from 2025. The market is now heavily online: remote operators took around 78% of total gross gaming revenue in the first half of 2026, on a market that grew 16.8% year on year to 153.6 million euros. A published list of illegal operators alongside the list of licensed ones is a materially useful disclosure, because it lets partners and payment providers verify status in both directions rather than only confirming a positive. Few regulators publish both.

Regulator

Gaming Control Authority (LPT)

Regulator type

Dedicated regulator

Headline tax

22% GGR

Licence required

Not yet verified

Minimum age

Not yet verified

Tax base

Slot machines, table games, bingo, betting and remote gambling are subject to a gross income tax of 22%, raised from 20% from 2025.

Capital

Vilnius

Currency

EUR

Official languages

Lithuanian

Headline GGR tax

22% GGR

Effective date

Not yet verified

Tax base

Slot machines, table games, bingo, betting and remote gambling are subject to a gross income tax of 22%, raised from 20% from 2025.

Advertising permitted

No

Affiliate rules

Affiliates are not separately licensed. Affiliate promotion beyond the bare name, trademark and legal form falls within the general prohibition, and the Authority publishes a maintained list of illegal online operators alongside the list of permitted ones.

Sponsorship rules

Sports sponsorship and advertising around broadcasts of sports competitions sit under a transitional arrangement reported to run until 1 January 2028, after which the general prohibition applies to them as well.

Celebrity and influencer rules

Because only the name, trademark and legal form may be communicated, there is no scope for celebrity or influencer endorsement of a licensed operator.

Social media rules

Online and social media promotion is subject to the same prohibition, limited to the name, trademark and legal form of the operator.

Bonus advertising rules

Bonuses, discounts, free or test play and gift giveaways are prohibited as promotional practices, not merely restricted in how they may be advertised.

Penalties for breach

The Gaming Control Authority enforces the prohibition and can impose fines on operators and on those who publish the advertising, and can act against the licence and the separate remote gambling permission.

With remote at roughly four fifths of the market and revenue growing at double digits, Lithuania is the kind of profile that attracts further tax attention. The rate has already moved once.

Who regulates gambling in Lithuania?

The Gaming Control Authority, Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba, under the Ministry of Finance.

What is the gambling tax rate?

A gross income tax of 22% on slots, table games, bingo, betting and remote gambling, raised from 20% from 2025.

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1. About the Gaming Control Authority

   Gaming Control Authority (Lithuania)

   Tier 1Accessed 22 Aug 2026
2. Remote gambling permission list

   Gaming Control Authority (Lithuania)

   Tier 1Accessed 22 Aug 2026
3. Lithuania raises tax on gambling

   LRT

   Tier 2Accessed 22 Aug 2026