Antigua and Barbuda that sued the US for failing to live up to its commitments in the WTO treaty could receive more money out of its dispute with the US pending negotiations for online gambling funds recompense. Antigua and Barbuda has been granted by a WTO arbitrator 21 million dollars per year that according to many analysts is considerably lower than what Antigua and Barbuda has rights to.

Contrary to the 3.4 billion dollars that Antigua has every year so they’ve lost as Antigua says due to the UIGEA, and the consequent US decision to stop honouring its WTO obligations, this decision to pay out $21 million really seems awfully low. According to Antigua’s lawyer he thinks they’ve got a good opportunity to take their case to the WTO General Council.

The arbitration panel of the WTO stated that the financial recompense of Antigua was limited to bets that Antigua lost at horse racing. Though, Antigua and a lot of other delegations conversant with the dispute consider the USA ought to cough up far more in betting revenue from sports betting, poker and casino gambling.

This Caribbean island licensed hundreds of sports-books and online casinos. At the present, that amount has decreased considerably. It’s obvious that after passing the UIGEA, the greater part of operators moved just to other jurisdictions or simply closed down. It is the main claim for Antigua in order to take their dispute to the General Council of the WTO, something that nobody has ever done before.