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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: PokerPulse GATS-slash Compensation Graph - payback time!

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OUCH! Update. The U.S. has now reached a deal with the EU, Japan, Canada and most recently, Costa Rica as compensation for closing its Internet gambling market to remote services, but talks continue with India, Macau and tiny stalwart Antigua, which has resisted U.S. attacks on its demand to waive IP protection on software and entertainment - IN ADDITION TO a claim for $3.4 billion in ANNUAL compensation from the U.S. knocked down in December to $21 million. Australia early on backed away from the table altogether. Why? View our speculations as well as key links explaining the procedures for public access to consultation documents in the GATS-slash negotiations inside.

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The High Cost of America's Ban on Remote Gambling in U.S. Dollars:
(Total Compensation Claimed for the Week Ending Oct. 5/07)

More on United States - Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services - an overview.

More on America's OUCH! case - GATS-breach and GATS-slash compensation worldwide.

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November 30, 2007 - WTO rules on Antigua's GATS-breach claim.

Deadline for comments on UIGEA regulations - December 12, 2007.

GATS-slash Negotiation Deadline - December 14, 2007.

Antigua GATS-breach decision reached - a paltry $21 million in compensation.

'Limiting damages to horseracing just plain wrong' and unlikely to erode Antigua's GAT-slash settlement, says attorney Mendel Feb. 13/08.

Costa Rica bellies up the GATS-slash compensation bowl Februrary, 2008.

EC to explore a GATS-breach challenge at the WTO similar to Antigua's.

Cost Rica reaches GATS-slash settlement with U.S. March 16/08.

U.S. to settle with Antigua by Oct. 1/08; EU to decide whether to go ahead with its own gambling-based GATS-breach challenge by year's end.

EU pays twice. More on the super-sized private 'settlements' U.S. still seeking from EU operators post-GATS-slash settlement.

April 2/09 - Fallout from Europe's GATS-slash settlement in the U.S. chemical, gas storage warehouse sector.

July 24/09 - Bilateral trade report reveals Europe preparing its own Antigua-style online gambling challenge against the U.S..

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Last edited by legal on Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:12 pm; edited 25 times in total

legal
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject:

How long before PokerPulse adds CAFTA signatories to our graph, we wonder? .. Or has GATS-slash compensation put an end to potential CAFTA I-gambling claims against the U.S.? Link to this entry http://pokerpulse.com/legal/viewtopic.php?p=453#453 Last edited by legal on Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:47 pm; edited 2 times in total

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