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Selective Online Casino Prosecution

It is time for the United States to face the music and answer some very tough questions that will be posed by a delegation from the European Union that is specifically coming to the U.S. to investigate online casino gambling policies. The U.S. has encountered some serious problems over the past year-and-a half in relation to the highly controversial UIGEA – nations all over the world and even the WTO have questioned the U.S.’s right to pass such a flawed and discriminatory piece of legislation. EU officials have been in talks with reluctant US Trade Representatives over the past several months and those non-productive talks and unanswered questions have resulted in the current EU delegation that is in the U.S. to address inconsistencies in the UGIEA and other federal legislation related to online casino gambling.

The EU delegation sent a questionnaire to U.S. officials just a month ago addressing some of the areas of concern – the questionnaire featured some very pointed concerns and questions that could have presumably shed some light on the online casino gambling issue. Unfortunately though the USTR took the defensive approach and outright refused to answer any of the questions, merely stating that the USTR and the EU had already resolved the online casino gambling issue through trade compensation negotiations last year.

That answer hasn’t really flown with the EU officials appointed to investigate the U.S. gambling laws – online casinos in Europe want answers to some very specific questions and the EU delegation has traveled to the U.S. to figure out the answers. A primary concern though and tops on the list is the blatant discrimination and prosecution of only offshore and foreign online gambling companies from the U.S. government. European licensed gambling companies want to know why they are targeted.

The investigation is in the beginning stages and according to Eli Lehrer, the investigation will cover “...some gambling laws that rank among some the worst written sections of the United States Code.” More updates as the EU delegates get answers to their pointed questions.