Baltics

Reading Time: < 1 minute   The Rīga city council is planning to ban gambling in the Latvian capital almost completely according to new regulations it has prepared. The municipality has developed new binding regulations that will determine the territories in which the organisation of gambling will be prohibited. Rīga Mayor Vilnis Ķirsis said at…

Reading Time: 2 minutes   The Constitutional Court of Latvia said on April 4 that it had deemed the restriction on the organisation of gambling throughout Rīga unconstitutional, as the municipality has not justified why gambling is prohibited in the specific areas. The case was brought before the Constitutional Court following applications by the gambling…

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Lithuanian MPs have registered amendments to the Gambling Law proposing to further tighten gambling advertising in the country as of 2025. Around 50 MPs, mostly from the ruling majority, have signed the amendments proposing to prohibit the dissemination of information of the gambling companies sponsoring any public events, activities,…

Reading Time: < 1 minutes   Uplatform, a leading provider of software solutions for the iGaming industry, announced the successful acquisition of the Latvian License from the country’s esteemed gambling regulator. This pivotal milestone grants Uplatform the legal authorisation to offer cutting-edge software and services to iGaming operators in the Latvian market. The Latvian License…