Combined revenues of gaming operators from the sale of gambling chips, tickets, and cards rose by 21.4 percent year-on-year, to 1.331 billion litas. They paid out a total of 1.123 billion litas in winnings, up by 22.4 percent.
Gamblers' losses at limited prize (Category B) machines last year grew by 20.1 percent to 75.153 million litas, and losses at unlimited-prize (Category A) machines were up by 10.5 percent to 33.891 million litas. Their losses at gaming tables increased by 4.5 percent to 57.47 million litas.
Betting agencies won 42.027 million litas last year, a rise of 34.6 percent on the previous year.
Olympic Casino Group Baltija, which is owned by Olympic Entertainment Group, the largest Baltic gaming operator, held onto its number-one position in Lithuania's gaming market. The Lithuanian-owned casino operator Tete-a-Tete ranked second and Top Sport was third.
Gamblers left behind a total of 63.343 million litas at Olympic Casino Group Baltija's casinos, up 2.9 percent from 61.579 million litas in 2011.
Gamblers' losses at Tete-a-Tete's casinos rose by 15.8 percent to 42.295 million litas, and losses at Top Sport's betting shops and limited prize slot machines were up by 29.6 percent to 27.19 million litas.
There were 12 gaming operators in the country in 2012, unchanged from the previous year.
Lotteries
Lithuanian lottery players last year won a total of 74.218 million litas, slightly less than half the amount they spent on tickets. Last year's winnings were up by 2 percent from 72.853 million litas in 2011.
Lithuania's lottery operators - Olifėja and Žalgirio Loto - saw their combined lottery sales rise by 6.8 percent to 82.117 million. People spent a total of 156.511 million litas on lottery tickets, 12.7 percent more than in 2011, the Gaming Control Authority said.
Olifėja, the country's number-one lottery operator, last year sold 77.5 million tickets for 152.7 million litas, up by 12.8 percent year-on-year, and paid out 72.4 million litas in prizes, up by 2.8 percent.
