Land-based casino gambling is legal in Lithuania since 2001. There are numerous gambling  establishments throughout the country (100+). Most of these gambling establishments are slot halls (called “machine halls” in Lithuania) and not true casinos. They are basically pubs with a few slot machines, and they ave no live dealer tables or card or dice games. there are only about 10 real casinos in Lithuania, which still a surprisingly high number for such a small country of less than 3 million people (although none of these casinos are big, they are small compared to other European countries). Unsurprisingly most of the casinos and machine halls are located in Vilnius, the capital and biggest city.

Online gambling is legal too, however, a local gambling licence is still required. Online gambling companies either need to own and operate land-based casinos or they need to partner with local companies. Not many foreign online casinos obtained Lithuanian licenses, because of the small size of the market and because of these strict requirements.

The online casinos below accept players from Lithuania.

Bingo is legal but not very popular in Lithuania. There are a few standalone bingo halls in Lithuania and few of the casinos, slot halls organize bingo events. Bingo halls are actually mentioned by name and are a recognized kind of gambling establishment in the gambling legislation of Lithuania. However, despite this, there is barely any info about them on the government’s website, and bingo halls rarely have an English website (and I don’t speak Lithuanian sadly) therefore I couldn’t determine the actual number of bingo halls in the country. If you speak Lithuanian please drop a comment at the bottom about the number, and popularity of bingo in your country. Thanks. It’s understandable that bingo halls don’t have an English online presence (or no online presence at all), they attract an older crowd (less likely to speak any foreign language, less likely to visit a website) and the tourists who don’t  speak Lithuanian go to the casinos.

Online bingo is legal, as long as the provider has a local gambling licence. Very few online bingo websites accept player from Lithuania (as mentioned, very few of them ever applied for a local gambling license). I could only find one online casinos that has live bingo and accepts players from Lithuania, the following:

Poker in many countries is considered a game of skill and therefore not regulated like a game of chance. Not in Lithuania, poker is considered gambling and regulated as such. The poker scene doesn’t seem to be big in the country. You can only find poker tables in a few of the biggest casinos, and there are no standalone poker rooms at all. Also, none of the big poker tournaments stop here.

Online poker is also legal with the proper licence.There are very few poker websites that would accept Lithuanian players, I could only find one, you can see it below.

Lithuania’s national sport, uniquely in Europe, is basketball. The Lithuania men’s basketball team had significant success in basketball tournaments as they won the EuroBasket in 3 occasions and earned 8 other medals in EuroBasket, World Championships, and the Olympic Games. Lithuania produced a number of NBA players too. Sports betting, betting on basketball is quite popular in the country. Betting on sports is legal in betting shops and online provided the company has a local gambling licence.

The online sportsbooks below accept registrations from Lithuania.

In accordance with the 2003 Law on Lotteries*, lotteries are not technically a state monopoly in Lithuania. However, Lithuania’s biggest lottery is issued by Olifeja Inc., which is the Lithuanian national lottery operator, a state-owned company that holds a license for the operation of number lotteries and betting games granted by the Finance Ministry of the Lithuanian Republic since 1992. Therefore, despite the lottery not specially named in the legislation as a state monopoly (it only says that it requires a license from the Finance Ministry, in theory any private company could apply) de facto it is. Olifeja offers many kinds of lotteries and lottery type games like Teletoto, keno, sports betting and scratchcards to name a few. You can buy some of these online as well.

Foreign lottery websites and lottery agents are also available to Lithuanian players (although this should not be the case, I doubt they are licensed, they are just not yet blocked by the government, any unlicensed gambling website should be blocked and this technically illegal, players are not prosecuted). Lithuanian tourists visiting other countries can purchase lottery tickets and participate in lottery draws abroad, in person, it’s perfectly legal. (You will have to travel back to that country to collect your winnings. Keep that in mind. Therefore, make sure to collect your winnings before your vacation ends! They won’t transfer the funds to your bank account, you need to be there in person, that’s the law.).

Apart from Olifeja rhe following websites allow people from Lithuania to purchase lottery tickets online:

The Bank of Lithuania issued a statement in 2014 that bitcoin is not recognized as a legal tender in the country. Things have changed since. In 2017, the Bank of Lithuania adopted a definition of virtual currency similar to that of the European Banking Authority, but a somewhat stricter version of it. Bitcoin is now accepted as a currency (but not entirely, something that holds a value, only accepted as currency in certain context) and it is taxable (but VAT exempt). As of now, there isn’t more information about cryptocurrency gambling in Lithuania. No bitcoin casino has applied for a license in Lithuania and none of the brick&mortar casinos accept cryptocurrencies (if you know of any please drop us a message in the comments section below). There is no specific legislation regarding crypto casinos. Bitcoin gambling right now is not specifically regulated.

The casinos below accept bitcoin, litecoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum and players from Lithuania.