Antigua gets favorable WTO gambling ruling over U.S.

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rdc137 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:53:00 GMT

Of course the participating states in Powerball, Mega Millions, Tri-State Lotto, and Win for Life will not be prosecuted for it as they will have a loophole. However, that is an interesting scenario. What if some do-gooder group decided to make a federal case out of Powerball or Mega Millions and the judge ruled that the money can't be transfered for prize payments? Effectively all multi-state games would then be shut down, and it might affect horse betting and even the new Cashola slot machin... [ More ]

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Konformthismfs — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:40:49 GMT

Because they want to control the flow of the whole dollar spent! And collect the max out of it! Why settle for the tax??? I also think it has to do with G-tech selling and individual states selling their lotteries to private companies. They have to prove they have control of it, and can do away with any outside competitors in order to make these deals.

This is were the whole illegal wire transfer of funds for gambling puzzles me. With Mega Millions,Powerball and any other multi-state game... [ More ]

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KyMystikal — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:51:56 GMT

Why doesn't the government just tax online betting and be done with it? I'de pay taxes on winnings just to be able to play other states.

Antigua gets favorable WTO gambling ruling over U.S.

Lottery Post — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:46:27 GMT

The United States has suffered a new setback in a four-year-old legal battle with Antigua and Barbuda over U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday.

At issue is an April 2005 World Trade Organization ruling against U.S. prohibitions on online horse race betting. Since then, the U.S. Congress has passed additional legislation to ban certain financial transactions related to gambling over the Internet.

Gretchen Hamel, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Repre... [ More ]