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Lithuania plans mandatory gambling identification cards by 2029

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Lithuania plans to require customers of licensed gambling services to use personalised identification cards linked to verified profiles by 2029, according to a media report citing the Gambling Control Authority. The report says the Ministry of Finance has approved amendments, with a phased rollout expected in 2027 and 2028; wagers, deposits and withdrawals would be subject to account-linked spending limits.

Licensed operators would need to support account-based identification and spending controls across online and land-based gambling.

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Brazilian agencies report no impact studies on online gambling ban

Brazilian government agencies disclosed that they had not prepared economic, fiscal or social impact studies for the online gambling prohibition under Provisional Measure 1.394/2026. The Justice Ministry classified internal documents supporting the measure for five years, while companies are considering legal action to recover R$2,500m in licence payments.

Several federal agencies said in responses to access-to-information requests that they carried out no prior studies of the economic, fiscal or social impact of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans online gambling in Brazil. The Justice Ministry classified as reserved, for five years, the internal documentation used to prepare the ban.

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