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The issue of gambling in the US is a matter of International law. The WTO has already found the US in violaiton of international treaties per the Internet gambling ban, as the article below illustrates, and Barney Frank's efforts, whether you agree with them or not, comport to WTO regulations and rulings.
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A free trade dispute which concentrated on prohibition of online gambling by the US had an encouraging finish , since The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in favor of Antigua and Barbuda. As indicated by Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua’s ambassador to the WTO: ��?This is justice done and a victory for the WTO dispute system…the U.S. is under an obligation to repeal their laws��?.
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"These sums add to the over $40 million in forfeitures and back taxes this office has already recovered in recent years from operators of these remote-control illegal gambling enterprises," said Hanaway. "Honest taxpayers and gambling industry personnel who do follow the law suffer from those who promote illegal online behavior."
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At the same time, many European countries introduced laws limiting public gambling to licensed premises, while restricting the granting of licenses to members of the nobility and upper classes. The result of such legislation was the stratification of public betting and the effective outlawing of gambling for the majority of the population, with the poor restricted to playing in illegal, unlicensed taverns, and the upper classes free to indulge in a wide variety of games with impunity.
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