1. HYPOCRITES HOLD THE CARDS IN US WAR ON GAMBLING.
- Author
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Arends, Brett
- Abstract
US President George Bush has not declared war on Texas just yet but he is sure going to war against Texas Hold 'Em. Last month two more businessmen linked to British online poker firms were rounded up on US soil, as the Justice Department escalates its 'crackdown' on what one Republican lawmaker called 'the evil scourge' of letting adult Americans gamble from home in their pyjamas. UK investors are paying the price. Most online gambling companies are listed in London and since Congress passed the law against them last summer, the industry has been plunged into crisis. Brussels is getting involved. European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has called the US actions 'protectionist' and said he may take the matter to the World Trade Organisation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2007