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EU Delegation Low Down

The US and the EU governments came to a sort of compensation agreement late last year regarding the US’s protectionist online casino gambling policies. The EU’s Remote Gaming Association (RGA) though has consistently argued that the actual online casinos affected did not see any of the money of trade benefits from the agreement and therefore the EU ought to continue negotiations. The whole crux of the issue though comes down to the fact the US Department of Justice seems wholly fixated on prosecuting foreign (and mostly EU) licensed internet gambling companies.

Those implicated within the US or internet gambling companies that operated out of Antigua and other jurisdictions have not really faced prosecution and action from the US Department of Justice. Contrast that then with the fact that several EU based online casinos are looking at huge fines for their pre-UIGEA activity. Then, coupled with the alleged discrimination against EU licensed online casino gambling sites is the fact that prosecuting internet gambling companies for their actions prior to the implementation of the UIGEA violates international trade laws.

The EU delegation has not found much success in negotiations with the Bush Administration, and that is largely what this comes down to – the current politicians have a very anti-online casino gambling attitude and the Bush Administration has been consistently cocky in terms of abiding by international trade agreements. And though the delegation has encountered some serious lack of cooperation from US officials, the RGA and the EU delegation are unlikely to let US politicians simply blow off this issue as they are apparently wont to do.