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An Unbiased Look: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

The World Trade Organisation entered the online casinos issue earlier this year when the small island nation of Antigua expressed concerns over recent United States regulations that may violate global trade agreements. After a thorough examination of the facts, the WTO ruled that the U.S. was in fact in violation. The WTO announced the decision and encouraged the U.S. government to address the issue by amending the anti-casino legislation known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

Soon after the ruling, the United States announced that it planned to amend the 1994 WTO trade agreement that it was currently violating. Then came the announcement that the United States has no plan to provide compensation to the countries affected when U.S. citizens were no longer able to play online casinos.

Once the U.S. announced that it would not comply with the WTO’s ruling, the WTO entered what is anticipated as the most complicated WTO dispute to date. Currently any of the 150 members of WTO can file a claim for compensation—then the WTO will determine amounts, and whether the nations were in fact harmed by the U.S.’s withdrawal from the global online casinos industry.