But foreign firms are prohibited from offering exactly the same type of service to American citizens: foreign sites are supposed to block U.S. The United States allows domestic betting companies, like the horse-racing Web site, to offer online gambling to Americans (these are thrown into the odd basket of legal gaming operations that include Native American-run casinos and riverboat gambling). prohibition of online casinos, which is Antigua's second largest industry after tourism.
The dispute goes back to 2003, when Antigua sued America at the WTO over U.S. That could quickly double the size of the $15 billion-a-year online industry. But next month this tiny Caribbean resort could begin using a World Trade Organization ruling to compel the United States to legalize online gaming-an industry the Bush administration has long been trying to eradicate.Įnforcement of the WTO ruling would oblige America to overhaul its prohibitive stance on online casinos, not just in relation to Antigua but the EU, Japan and others. Antigua is better known for beaches than trade disputes.
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