The Saeima’s Budget and Finance Committee backed amendments to the Gambling and Lotteries Law following a deliberation on Wednesday 21 October.
Reforms and compliance enhancements have been attached to the agenda of the pending 15th Saeima to review the package measures, with no implementation date confirmed.
The proposals would raise the minimum gambling age from 18 to 21 and restrict retail lottery purchases to adults (+21). Gambling premises would face a mandatory shutdown between 6am-9am.
New rules would see online consumers “restricted to 21 hours of gambling within any 24-hour period”, tracked via continuous play across all online gambling licences.
Latvia will aim to apply a ‘common verification standard’ for online gambling customers. The change will force operators to integrate a central s..