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A Global Look

Many in the United States are quick to focus specifically on how their daily lives are negatively affected by U.S. policy and take an isolated view on the dramatic affect that U.S. policy can have on the rest of the world. For instance, many American online casino and poker players were outraged by the passage of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement – and most in players in the U.S. have been encouraged to protest against the UIEGA on the grounds that it limits civil liberties and is debatably unconstitutional. But to take a look beyond just the affect that the online casinos gambling act has had on individual Americans shows that many countries and companies in the rest of the world were devastated by the banning of offshore internet gambling.

Right now there are six countries and the EU with compensation claims against the U.S. because of the violations and alterations to existing trade policy. The EU has the largest claim against the U.S. – with rumors indicating as much as $100 billion. Major online casino companies reported billions of dollars in lost stock market value since 2006. Antigua though also has a valid claim because the UIGEA effectively shut down the entire economy on the island of Antigua and Barbuda which was entirely reliant on U.S. online casino activity.

But the real crux of the issue lies in the fact that the global effect of the UIGEA alone is not enough to cause U.S. players and citizens to demand alternatively legislation. No, the U.S. mainstream media have been consistently lax in reporting on the growing international debate over the U.S. online casino ban. Antigua has petitioned the World Trade Organization for help because of its devastated economy – yet the U.S. denied the nation’s valid claim for compensation for months before finally acknowledging that Antigua had a right to request U.S. compensation.

And through the past year of international struggle to bring the U.S. government into compliance with trade obligations and foreign policy, American online casino players are consistently focused on their limited civil liberties as justification for neutralization rather than looking at the global issues that are rampant.