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Horseracing Industry Causing Complaints
 

The United States and the European Union came to a resolution at the end of 2007 after several months of negotiation on the U.S.’s controversial UIGEA online casino gambling ban. And while the EU government may feel that the trade concessions were enough of a payment, the online casinos are actually looking for further investigation into the allegedly discriminatory U.S. gambling laws. The Remote Gaming Association represents all of the major online casinos in Europe the Association recently pressured the EU to reconsider the state of U.S. gambling laws and has pressed for the continued investigation of the UIGEA and gambling policies.

Investigation though is being met with a little concern from the Untied States Trade Representatives. The USTR are not the most well liked politicians in the U.S. right now because of the way they have handled the online casino gambling issue. The WTO is handling arbitration in many of the complaints against the U.S.’s discriminatory online casino gambling laws, but the USTR refuses to acknowledge any validity in the claims.

The discriminatory allegations are in place because the U.S. horseracing industry is permitted to accept bets from state residents – but yet offshore online casinos are not able to compete in the horserace betting industry. EU officials are coming to the U.S. next month to once again address the controversial online gambling issue, but there is little hope that the USTR will be very welcoming.

Up for investigation is the continued prosecution on EU internet casino companies that were active in the U.S. gambling industry prior to the UIGEA, along with the issue of the UIGEA being protectionist and discriminatory in nature.