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A World Trade Organization panel said Wednesday the U.S. government should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos – a ruling that could open the United States to offshore Internet gambling.The 287-page report confirmed the preliminary ruling the panel issued in March in a dispute pitting the United States against the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, saying the ban represented an unfair trade barrier.
Richard Mills, a spokesman for U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, called the report “deeply flawed” and said Washington would “vigorously” contest the ruling before the WTO’s seven-member appeals body.
http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2004/11/10/ap1647030.html
Thank you for posting this.
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That article is very promising
Lets hope that the members on the decision making panel for the WTO don’t get bribed or get taken out along the way. (Because that would never happen right?)
Another nice article at the BBC.
from a story I just read …
Regulating Online Gambling
Analysts said it is difficult to regulate online gambling, with so many people logging on from their private homes. But the U.S. government is not ignoring the issue.
A grand jury has convened in Missouri to investigate media companies who run ads on sports talk shows to draw U.S. citizens to overseas online gambling sites. Sinclair said this action is making an impact.
“The Department of Justice may be trying to establish a case of aiding and abetting sports betting by running ads,” Sinclair said. “Just the fear of that alone has caused many companies to pull these ads.”
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not good news if they are trying to establish that advertising is aiding and abetting ….
I would be interested in seeing the whole article…
Thank you, Arkyt.
