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Online Casinos Seeking Balance

The European internet gambling companies are simply seeking a balance of legal action and prosecution from the U.S. authorities. At this point the U.S. has banned offshore online casinos from accessing the U.S. gambling market – a move that has angered much of the international gambling industry. At the same time though, the Remote Gaming Association (RGA) is willing to overlook the fact that the U.S. changed its treaty commitments and negotiated undisclosed settlement terms with the EU in exchange for negotiations and dialogue concerning the continued prosecution of European online casino companies for pre-UIGEA activities.

The U.S. is specifically targeting offshore and foreign online casinos and prosecuting the companies for operating in the U.S. market prior to the UIGEA. The RGA contends that this action is discriminatory and should be addressed by the US Trade Representatives as well as the EU. The European Commission, responding to urging from the RGA is actively investigating the discrimination against European online casino gambling companies and recently sent a lengthy and thorough questionnaire to U.S. federal authorities.

The questionnaire was systematically dismissed by USTR Susan Schwab and not one single U.S. governmental official responded to the questionnaire. Schwab’s dismissive response to the Commission indicated that the online casino gambling issue had already been resolved through the WTO and the EU and that the case was closed. The response angered RGA CEO Clive Hawkswood who is pushing for the continuation of a U.S. investigation on behalf of the European internet gambling industry.

The Commission plans to continue the investigation in July and the RGA is specifically asking that the US government either completely stop the prosecution of EU online casino gambling companies, or also balance the prosecution with U.S. based companies.