Is online gambling legal in Lithuania?

Legal overview

Lithuania regulates gambling under the Law on Gaming (Azartinių lošimų įstatymas). Remote gambling, including online casino games and betting, may be offered only by companies holding a Lithuanian licence and permission from the Gaming Control Authority (LPT), which works under the Ministry of Finance. LPT publishes a licence register, a list of entities entitled to run remote gambling and lotteries, and an online tool to check whether a gambling website operates legally in Lithuania.

LPT publishes a list of illegal gambling operators and has access to their websites blocked. In September 2026, for example, access to Polymarket was blocked after an LPT investigation. Amendments adopted by the Seimas in November 2024 gave the authority stronger tools against illegal sites and required financial service providers to block transactions with unlicensed gambling websites. The same package raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 for land-based and online gambling, with an exception for lotteries, and raised the tax on casino games, slots, bingo and online gambling to 22%.

Gambling advertising is being phased out. Since 1 July 2025 operators may show their name and brand only at their premises, at gambling venues and on their own websites. Only short betting commercials are allowed on TV, radio and the internet, and online betting ads may not link to operator sites. Sponsorship of sport and culture remains possible, but gambling brands may no longer appear in club or league names. A full advertising ban is due in 2028. In April 2026 the Ministry of Finance proposed a mandatory player card from 1 January 2029, which had not been adopted when this page was checked.