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Three gambling operators added to Latvia’s blocked-company register

VID lists Star Bright Media S.R.L, Next Global Era Limited and RUNITUP LTD under decisions of 28 July 2026. Payment-service duties are tied to receipt of the relevant decision.

By Taxxa AI Oy · Published 1 August 2026

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Latvia's register of blocked gambling companies adds Star Bright Media S.R.L, Next Global Era Limited and RUNITUP LTD.VID The three entries refer to VID decisions dated 28 July 2026 and concern the restrictions applied to operators of interactive gambling without the required Latvian licenceVID.

The register identifies Star Bright Media S.R.L in Costa Rica, Next Global Era Limited in Belize and RUNITUP LTD in Cyprus. They appear as entries 595, 596 and 597 respectively. Those company identities, jurisdictions and entry references provide the starting point for matching the additions against counterparties.

VID's accompanying explanation states that credit institutions and payment institutions are prohibited from cooperating with the listed unlicensed interactive-gambling operators.VID The Payment Services and Electronic Money Law sets out how the relevant VID decision operates for a payment-service provider.

A provider must not establish business relations with an unlicensed operator or intermediary named in a decision sent to it.Likumi If it already has that relationship, it must terminate it after receiving the decision.VID The statutory trigger is receipt of the decision, rather than simply the date shown next to an entry in the public register.Likumi

The same provision prohibits credit transfers to the account of the unlicensed operator identified in the decision.Likumi The provider must implement that obligation immediately and no later than three working days after receiving the decision.Likumi Providers reviewing the additions therefore need to distinguish the operator's identity, the date of the decision and the date on which the decision was received.

The law separately addresses remote card payments using a card issued to a Latvian resident. It requires refusal of such payments to unlicensed interactive-gambling and lottery operators, identifying the transactions through the relevant international card-scheme identifiers. This is part of the broader payment-control framework described alongside the company register.

The legal framework includes the Gambling and Lotteries Law and section 44.2 of the Payment Services and Electronic Money Law, applied through the relevant VID decisions.

Match the three operators against counterparties and check when the relevant VID decision was received.

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