Online growth lifts Lithuania gambling revenue

• Lithuania’s gambling and lottery market generated €153.6 million in gross gaming revenue during H1 2026, up 16.8% year-on-year.
• The Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba (LPT) reported gambling and lottery tax receipts of €46.43 million, an 11.4% rise on the same period last year.
• Remote gambling now accounts for roughly 78% of the market, with remote Category A slots the single largest revenue driver at €85.7 million.

Lithuania’s gambling and lottery sector generated €153.6 million in gross gaming revenue (GGR) during the first half of 2026, a 16.8% year-on-year increase, according to figures published by the Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba (LPT), Lithuania’s Gambling Supervision Authority.

The growth pushed state tax receipts from gambling and lottery activity to €46.43 million, up 11.4% on the same period in 2025.

Online extends its lead

Remote gambling remained the sector’s main growth engine, generating approximately €119.9 million in GGR, up 25% year-on-year. The channel now accounts for around 78% of Lithuania’s total gambling market. Growth accelerated sharply from the first quarter, when GGR rose just 4% to €82.7 million.

Land-based venues moved the other way. Physical casinos and gaming halls produced €33.7 million in GGR, down 5% compared with H1 2025, extending a split between digital and physical channels that has held for several reporting periods.

The online push has drawn fresh entrants to the market. Fortuna Entertainment’s tie-up with TOPsport earlier in 2026 extended the operator’s Baltic footprint, betting on continued growth in Lithuanian remote play.

Slots drive the gains

Product-level performance varied sharply. Remote Category A slot machines, which carry no cap on winnings, produced €85.7 million in GGR, up roughly a third year-on-year and the largest single contributor to the market.

Remote table games also gained ground, with GGR climbing 34% to €12.3 million. Land-based table games held broadly flat, generating €7.7 million.

Remote Category B slots, which limit stakes and payouts, moved the opposite direction. GGR from that product fell 63% to €424,800, extending a multi-period decline as play shifts toward unrestricted-format games.

Lottery and tax take

Lottery ticket turnover reached €87.7 million in H1, up 8.6% year-on-year, with €49.3 million paid out in prizes, a rise of 10.5%. That left lottery GGR at €38.44 million, up 6.2% on H1 2025.

Two private companies ran Lithuania’s major lotteries as of 30 June 2026, alongside 12 closed joint-stock companies licensed to operate gambling activities in the country.

Of the €46.43 million collected in gambling and lottery taxes, gambling operators contributed €30.67 million and lottery operators paid €15.76 million into the state budget.

The figures land as Lithuania tightens oversight of the sector it is taxing more heavily. A mandatory player card scheme, approved by the Gambling Control Authority as part of a wider package of Gaming Law amendments, will be phased in from 2027 with full implementation by 1 January 2029, requiring gamblers to register trackable accounts across operators.

Combined with the gambling age, which rose to 21 in November 2025, regulators are tightening the rules around a market that keeps expanding faster than they can legislate.