Or at least - not in relation with the US authorities, that started the 2008 by disregarding again the problems with the EU and WTO treaty on the gambling issues and decided to go an arrest 8 persons that allegedly “made millions of dollars in profits annually.”
Reuters reports :
Twelve men face charges including conspiracy […]
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Costa Rica - not a good place for gambling operations
European Union, USA and WTO - arguments on online gambling
A series of important event have been happening at the end of the year in the EU-US gambling debate :
US has agreed with EU that it will pay a compensation rather than allow European online gaming companies into the American gambling sector.
This doesn’t solve the US problem with Antigua
But US has also conceded […]
Antigua vs USA - decision by WTO on 30 November
Mark Mendel, winning trade attorney for Antigua & Barbuda in their WTO case against the United States - over a protectionist US Internet gambling law passed in late 2006 - said today that he expects a decision on their 3.4 billion USD/per year compensation claim from a WTO panel on 30 November 2007.
USA says thatthey […]
USA shows a Gambling hypocrisy
A recent editorial from LA Times makes a good point on the US policy towards gambling that shifts from the recent UIGEA law that prohibited credit card companies from processing gambling transactions to a new licensed environment suggested by the Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
All that in combination with […]
US will implement WTO online gambling rulings
says Director General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, when talking at a meeting of the Ministers of Trade, making a reference to the rulings and recommendations of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
Acording with Antigua Sun newspaper, he responded to a question put to him by Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr […]
Ladbrokes and 888 don’t strike a deal
UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has pulled out from the discussions with the online gambling company 888 regarding a possible merger, invoking the UIGEA law in Unite States had made the things too complicated these days.
The deal was supposed to be reached for an impressive 450 millions pounds, but the changes in the US gambling legislation have […]
WTO says US fails to respect online betting rulings
A recent World Trade Organization (WTO) report released on 30 March 2007 presented the compliance panel in the case brought by Antigua and Barbuda regarding “United States — Measures affecting the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services” (DS285).
The report concludes that United States has failed to comply with the recommendations and rulings that […]