EU standstill period ends for Lithuania’s two draft gambling rules
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Lithuania’s Gaming Control Authority notified two draft gambling-technology orders to the European Commission; their EU standstill period ended on 11 November. One draft sets requirements for remote-gambling random-number generators, while the other requires electronic gaming-machine data systems to protect records against loss, unauthorised changes and technical interference. Their stated commencement dates are 1 November 2026 and 1 January 2027, respectively.
The EU standstill period ended on 11 November for two draft gambling orders Lithuania notified to the European Commission. The drafts were signed by the director of the gambling control authority, which is part of the Ministry of Finance.
One draft would amend the 2015 requirements for remote gambling devices, covering random-number generators. Numbers used to determine game outcomes could be generated by a cryptographically protected generator, described in the draft as a cryptographically protected pseudorandom-number generator. Alternatively, a generator could produce random numbers continuously, regardless of whether they are used to determine game outcomes. The draft states a commencement date of 1 November 2026.
The other draft would amend technical requirements approved in 2018 for electronic gaming-machine data management systems and introduce data-integrity rules. The systems would have to protect saved and recorded data from loss and unauthorised changes. Protection would extend to technical machine parameters that could restrict the range of electronic counter values managed by the system or interrupt their sequential increase. The stated commencement date for that order is 1 January 2027.