Lithuania completes EU standstill on two gaming rule proposals

Lithuania’s EU standstill period for two proposed gambling technical rules ended on 11 November 2026, reportedly allowing authorities to proceed towards adoption. The proposals have not been finally approved or brought into force. They were notified to the European Commission on 10 August 2026 and concern random number generators for remote gambling and the integrity of data sent from gaming machines to authorities’ control systems. The notifications were made under EU Directive 2015/1535, which requires national draft technical rules to be communicated to the Commission in advance.

The first proposal, notification 2026/0423/LT, would amend order DI-678 of 16 November 2015 on technical requirements for remote gambling devices. It would change point 49 to permit cryptographically secure random number generators alongside conventional generators already allowed. Lithuania’s gambling regulator said the change was intended to improve the reliability of systems that determine gambling outcomes by improving the quality of random values and reducing the risk of outside interference or manipulation. The proposal was developed with reference to consultations with accredited bodies, practices in other countries and recognised remote gambling technology standards.

The new generators would not be mandatory, and existing permitted generators could still be used, including those that produce random values continuously regardless of whether they are used to determine outcomes. Licensed operators could continue using existing devices without recertification solely because of the rule change. The regulator said the measure should expand the available technology options without restricting the internal market.

The second proposal, notification 2026/0424/LT, would amend order DI-492 of 24 September 2018 on electronic gaming machine data management systems. Under the proposed change to point 17, those systems would have to protect recorded and stored data against loss and unauthorised changes. Protection would extend to effects of machine characteristics, particularly where electronic counter limits can alter the sequence of recorded values or stop them increasing progressively. The aim is to prevent counter limitations from producing inaccurate or inconsistent data in the management system and the authorities’ Gaming Machine Control Information System, or GMCIS.

Lithuanian gambling law requires the prize fund for category A machines to be at least 90% of total stakes, and at least 80% for category B machines. Compliance is checked using machine counter data sent to GMCIS, and altered or incomplete information could hinder those checks.

Operators are already required to send counter data to the central control system, while the proposal would add technical requirements rather than introduce a different reporting mechanism. Lithuanian authorities consider the measure proportionate and say it would not require significant operator investment or obstruct cross-border trade or services in the internal market.