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U.S. Online Gambling Laws Under Investigation by EU

by Terrence O'Brien on March 11, 2008 at 02:08 PM

EU Investigating U.S. Online Gambling LawsThe European Union is launching an investigation into whether U.S. online gambling laws violate world-trade rules.

The investigation stems from a 2006 ban on credit cards and banks transferring payments to online gambling sites based overseas. That law effectively locked out all foreign gambling outlets, but left room for home-grown sites to flourish.

Clive Hawkswood, chief executive of the Remote Gambling Association, is "delighted" by the EU's investigation. "We cannot simply sit on the sidelines and watch while our members, who are already badly bruised by unlawful U.S. acts, suffer the double whammy of being prosecuted for activities whilst U.S. industry is not," he said.

In 2006 the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that the U.S. could prevent online gambling to protect public order and morals, but that it was breaking trade law by not evenly targeting domestic companies who offer remote betting on horse and dog races.

From USA Today

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