Lithuania is preparing a significant overhaul of its gambling regulatory framework, with the introduction of mandatory player identification cards at the centre of the proposed reforms. The initiative, put forward by the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania, seeks to modernise the country’s gambling ecosystem while reinforcing safeguards designed to reduce gambling-related harm....
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