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Online
Gambling
Dispute
Settled
March
21,
2008
The
United
States
has
reached
an
online
gambling
settlement
with
Costa
Rica.
The
US
had
created
a
trade
dispute
with
the
country
with
the
passing
of
the
Unlawful
Internet
Gambling
Enforcement
Act,
or
UIGEA,
and
Costa
Rica
was
seeking
compensation
for
the
problems
that
it
had
created
for
them.
Costa
Rica
has
a
large
part
of
their
country’s
revenue
coming
from
online
gambling,
so
the
passing
of
the
UIGEA
was
particularly
painful
and
destructive
for
them.
They
went
to
the
World
Trade
Organization,
or
WTO,
and
filed
for
arbitration.
The
WTO
had
to
step
in
because
their
agreements
say
that
any
country
that
blocks
access
to
one
of a
range
of
markets
must
provide
compensation
to
the
affected
countries.
Therefore
the
United
States
was
responsible
for
compensating
the
country
for
blocking
their
access
to
the
online
gambling
customers
that
reside
within
their
country.
Now
they
have
reached
a
settlement
on
the
online
gambling
dispute,
and
the
US
has
offered
them
access
to
other
service
markets
such
as
storage,
technical
testing
and
analysis,
and
research
and
development.
Other
countries
such
as
Japan,
Canada
and
the
European
Union
have
already
reached
agreements
with
the
US
over
the
online
gambling
law.
Foreign
Trade
Minister
Marco
Ruiz
said
that
Costa
Rica
was
satisfied
with
the
agreement
that
was
reached,
as
was
the
US
government.
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