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Article: Online gambling squabble.(ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)(Brief article)
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- Caribbean Update
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Antigua & Barbuda will seek sanctions against the U.S. after Washington missed a deadline to end discrimination against foreign online betting companies, reports Bloomberg (April 5, 2006):
In August, World Trade Organization judges gave the U.S. until April 3 to address its criticisms after finding that the ban, in the interests of "public morals", can stand only as long as the prohibitions don't discriminate against foreign companies. The U.S. said it could comply by "clarifying" its restrictions on horseracing, without opening itself to foreign Internet gambling. Antigua-registered companies such as Sportingbet Plc and BetWWTS.com account for about a quarter of ...