Lithuania plans a personal player card

Lithuania is preparing a mandatory personal player card for casinos, gaming halls and online platforms. The card will be linked to the player’s identity, chosen limits and recorded activity. Full implementation is expected by 2029.

One personal tool for several gambling channels

The plan covers both physical and digital services. This makes the player card more than an access card for one particular venue or website. The idea is that identity and relevant gambling limits can be carried across the services covered.

For regulatory oversight, this offers a possible common basis for age checks, limits and activity. For the player, it may make chosen restrictions more consistent. However, the available information does not specify exactly how data will be stored or which technical solutions will be used.

Self-exclusion is a central part

The player card will also be linked to self-exclusion. If the scheme works across casinos, gaming halls and online platforms, it will become harder for someone to bypass an active exclusion by switching channels.

This is closely connected to identity checks. A limit or exclusion can only be enforced across services if the person is correctly identified. The plan therefore brings together several measures that are often treated separately.

Full implementation is expected by 2029

The timing shows that Lithuania is planning a longer implementation period. It should not be interpreted as meaning that every part is already operating. Practical and technical solutions must be in place before the full launch, but not enough information has been published here to describe the details with certainty.

The key point now is the direction: personal identification, checks on age and activity, individual limits and self-exclusion are to be brought together in one system.