HIPTHER Baltics: Riga 2026

HIPTHER Baltics: Riga was the second stop of the three-city HIPTHER Baltics series in 2026, which replaced the single-venue MARE BALTICUM Gaming & Tech Summit. The Riga edition took place on 11 May at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, Latvia. The one-day conference ran on two parallel stages, the Compliance & Operations Lab and the TechXperience Stage, for regulators, legal experts, fintech companies, operators and technology providers. Sessions covered Baltic gaming law and the regulatory outlook, player protection, AML and data protection, cross-border licensing, fraud prevention, payments and digital assets, and growth and affiliate marketing in regulated markets, including the shift from SEO to AI-driven search. The date followed a change in Latvia's oversight: on 1 April 2026 the gambling inspectorate was merged into the State Revenue Service. The series went on to Tallinn on 2 June, after opening in Vilnius on 21 April, and drew about 430 delegates across the three cities.