Antigua may work with UK firms to challenge law (article)

[Phil123]

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http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barro...n/index_en.htm

Peter Mandelson's website. Incl contact options. This is the guy who will be taking on the US over this. The guardian article says that the EU firms have not complained formally yet. It will strengthen his hand if US consumers complain about this - in particular the higher rake of B&M casinos. Make it clear that you want to use EU based firms (poker and sports betting)and that you believe this bill is protectionism in breach of WTO.

EU based affiliates may want to ask about registering a complaint as effectively you are locked out of the US market.

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I have just sent off a quick email to Peter Mandelson. This is what I've said:

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Dear Peter, I am writing to you as a UK citizen who is very concerned about the attaching of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement act to the port securities bill in the USA. This bill was passed on 30th September. As I'm sure you're aware the bill prevents US financial institutions from depositing their customers money to online gaming sites. When this bill was passed some companies such as Party Gaming lost 60% of their stock value as soon as the London Stock Exchange opened. In my opinion the US government is just protecting it's own gambling trade, for example they are still allowing Lottery's and Horse racing bets and of course their own casino's to trade, so this is obviously not a matter of morality. As so much damage has been done to companies listed on the London Stock Exchange I feel that the EU should be working with the WTO to stop America from protecting it's own trade at the expense of Europe's. I hope you feel the same way and can do something about this unfair USA law.
Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards

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