The Gaming Control Authority under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania (Control Authority) blacklisted more illegal gambling domains and has requested Lithuanian internet service providers (ISPs) to block them, after investigations found these services to be operating without license for the activity in Lithuania and therefore breaching national regulation.

In Lithuania, only proper licensed companies having special license and permission for this activity are authorized to offer online gambling in Lithuania. Companies, being not licensed for gambling activity in Lithuania and having not the mentioned permit but offering their services in Lithuania, shall be treated as illegal gambling operators. The order of gaming operation is established in the Gaming Law of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter – Gaming Law).

After having identified the fact of illegal remote gambling activity in the Republic of Lithuania, the Control Authority is authorized to take measures established in the Gaming Law (payment blocking and DNS blocking).

The illegal gambling operators are also entered into the List of illegal online gambling operators (Blacklist) which is published on website of the institution and regularly updated adding new blacklisted subjects and domains. Currently, 1910 domains are on the blacklist.

Control Authority strongly recommends all online gambling operators, to review all their activities related to remote gambling in the Republic of Lithuania and take actions to ensure that such services are not available for Lithuanian customers.

 For further information please contact Skirmante Paukstiene, chief specialist at the Gaming Control Authority, skirmante.paukstiene@lpt.lt.