US Gambling Laws Violate GATT

Finally someone is stating the obvious! Thank you to the European Union for bringing up the fact that the USA's crackdown on internet gambling violates the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the entire spirit of the World Trade Organization. Now we have some muscle on our side!! I just read a short article on Yahoo Tech news about the initial stirrings of a formal complaint. Thank you EU!!

You can read the article at:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090326/wr_nm/us_eu_gambling

Too bad none of that matters to the US.

don't hate us because we are free................to do as we are told.
oh sry not a pollitical forum

Yea.. us EU players (UK here) really miss the "non CC" American members who like to donate a lot of cash to us!

Get them back in the game.

Yeah this was already brought up awhile back ago. This won't get anywhere. ALthough there are rumblings in Washington DC, speared by Senator Franks, to legalize online gambling. Also the Obama administration is also to review UIGEA that was past by the Bush Administration. This was actually halted for review. Look up Fossilman in youtube, his inter view Fox business news.

This has already gone through the WTO, in a case brought against the U.S. by Antigua. The U.S. lost the case. But...they decided they didn't really need to abide by the decision.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL3047306520070330

That is the best point Gunslinger. Yeah we broke international trade law as proven in international court and no US is not abiding by that court rule either. After all...... how big is that counrty and how much oil is there?
We suc sometimes.....