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U.S. Urged to Comply

The U.S. has blatantly ignored recommendations and requests from the World Trade Organisation to lift the ban on offshore online casino gambling. The Department of Justice is flatly refusing to budge on the internet gambling issue even thought he rest of the world is weighing in on the issue and siding against the U.S. government. The WTO has not given the U.S. any specific requests to follow, merely to resolve the discrepancy over offshore betting and gambling services that banned, while inter-state internet betting is legal. Though many politicians in the United States are pushing for regulating and licensing the online casinos industry, no bill has yet passed to neutralize internet gambling. For that reason more international organizations that have an interest in trade especially are also urging the U.S. to work with other nations to resolve the issue.

Specifically, the Safe and Secure Gambling Initiative (SSIGI) is echoing previous sentiments that all center on the U.S. revising online casino gambling policy. Because the U.S. has chosen not to work with the other nations effected by the internet gambling ban the WTO has proceeded to work out a system of compensation for countries like Antigua and Barbuda which were devastated by the ban on offshore online casinos and processing their financial transactions.

Once the issue between the WTO and the U.S. really came to a head other groups like the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies made public comments aimed at encouraging the U.S. to soften the current anti-online casino policy.

Industry related companies around the globe are looking for the sensible solution to the current issue with the U.S., but the U.S. is adamantly refusing to shift its position on online casinos and internet gambling at all. Considering the purpose of the WTO is to give an unbiased and fair ruling on international trade issues, the fact that the U.S. will not comply with their ruling is actually fairly shocking. A representative at SSIGI, Jeffrey Sandman, comments, "The U.S. should act now to address this international trade violation and end its prohibition of Internet gambling."