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Unfortunately, I don't think much will happen and the US can ignore the ruling pretty much with impunity as all it does is give Antigua the right to impose sanctions on the U.S. to compensate ... which it's powerless to do becuase it has a miniscule economy.
If the EU won such a case that would be different but even there, who woud really want to get into a trade war with the world's biggest market over a minor industry like online gambling? Nations violate the WTO all the time.
I'm not even sure this really applys to online gambling as a whole per se as the US treats US companies the same as foreign companies with respect to online sportsbetting, poker, and casino games - it's illegal for everyone. This may only apply to the carve outs like horse racing. I'm not sure about that one, though.
Anyway, it's sure not bad news for a change, but don't get your hopes up that this will change anything. On the contrary, it's likely to get worse before it gets better.
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