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Phil Hellmuth
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RGA Complaint Against Online Gaming |
December 31, 2007
Yesterday the RGA (Remote Gaming Association) filed a complaint against the United States under the EU's (European Union) Trade Barrier Regulation for the European online gaming corporations.
Clive Hawkswood Chief Executive stated, "We have been left with no choice but to pursue all legal avenues available to challenge the US Department of Justice for its discriminatory enforcement activities against European online gaming operators."
The EU has come hard against the United States's double standard on gambling by outwardly pointing out the fact that though they claim to take a stance against online gamling they have done little to nothing to actually restrict the practice. This has been the first straight-ahead public condemnation of the U.S.'s double standard in relation to the issue.
This statement comes as a follow up to the recent U.S. settlement payment to Antigua and Barbados, wherein the U.S. has continued to pay off foreign entities as reparations against their stance disfavoring onling gambling as a whole.
This complaint could lead to further compensation claims against the U.S. when it will be brought up in front of the EU. It can then be decided to take the issue before the World Trade Organization to process further, with potentially new instances of resolution.
I have to say it again: how long will this go on? Our government continues to spend money and time fighting these claims when in the long run we continue to lose more and more revenue, more and more tax dollars that could be applied to places we need, rather than paying other economies as an excuse for why we don't allow our citizens to gamble online with their companies while we do allow state lotteries and stock market prospecting.
I pray that 2008 will be the year in which we finally see some common sense resolution to this issue and we can all get on with our lives. |
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