Antigua WTO claim to escalate?
The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, which came out top in a David and Goliath World Trade Organisation tussle with the United States over online gambling could be about to raise the stakes in its claim for compensation.
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- Antigua vs US dispute trundles on
- Antigua to Develop Internet Gambling
- Antigua may be able to squeeze more compensation in WTO dispute
- U.S., Antigua Won’t Resolve Net Gambling Dispute
- WTO Again Sides With Antigua Over Online Gambling
- Lawyer: Antigua, US will not settle Internet gambling dispute by deadline
- WTO compensation case languishing, says Antigua lawyer
- More licensees to join Antigua jurisdiction
- Another Antigua vs. USA delay
- Antigua Complains About U.S. Arrests Of Gambling Honchos
Interesting gambling information:
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino. - The second oldest casino hotel resort on the Las Vegas Strip was the Last Frontier and it opened in October of 1942. It had 105 guestrooms and the property was made to look like an old western town. The first casino hotel resort opened just 18 months earlier and was called El Rancho.
- People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
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