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Compromise, in terms of U.S. and EU compensation negotiations, is certainly preferred over what is currently happening - frequently postponed deadlines and neither side wholly conceding and ending the negotiations. But for the European Union, compromising on the compensation negotiations regarding the U.S. online casinos ban is just one option. Alternative options include approaches to the U.S. Congress to end the negotiations by passing legislation that would regulate and license online casino gambling in the United States. The EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has spent his week in Washington speaking with politicians and members of Congress who similarly feel that passing new legislation is the most effective way to end both end the compensation negotiations with other countries, and to end the U.S.’s ongoing issues with the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Mandelson commented to U.S. reporters, "What we need to see is a change in U.S. legislation that removes that discrimination against EU operators." This is the key element of Mandelson’s reasons for coming to the U.S. The Trade Representatives are just not willing to budge on fair compensation for the loss of the U.S. online casino gambling market, so Mandelson has instead directly approached the U.S. Congress and policymakers.

The U.S. withdrew trade commitments from the previous WTO treaties on the grounds that the U.S. never intended for online casino gambling to be included in the international trade agreements. Mandelson though, and many other countries don’t accept that rationale as either appropriate or a legitimate reason for the U.S. to disregard online casinos compensation claims from the majority of the countries that have filed claims with the WTO. Mandelson notes, "When a member of the WTO defaults on its commitments, compensation is due. That's the case of online casino gambling."