No doubt Antigua, the complainant in the U.S. - Gambling dispute, would still like to have (legal) access to the U.S. online gambling market. Will they get it? From the AP:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing behind the scenes for lame-duck legislation that would allow poker games over the Internet but restrict initial licenses to casinos and racetrack operators that have been in businesses at least five years.
Some of the biggest casino operators in Reid's home state of Nevada are eager to get a piece of the online gambling industry, which generates an estimated $5 billion a year for offshore operators
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Under the draft legislation circulated to various Senate offices, states and Indian tribes would oversee regulation of the online poker license-holders.
The article doesn't say it explicitly, but I assume they mean that the "initial" licenses are restricted to operators who have been in business in the U.S. for at least five years. Presumably most, if not all, such companies are domestically, rather than foreign, owned. That might make it hard for Antiguan companies to offer their services under this legislation. Unless, perhaps, a U.S. company that qualifies forms a partnership with the Antiguan (or other foreign) company? Lots of details to work out along these lines, but of course that assumes the legislation will pass, which may be a long shot.
