WTO Panel Rules Against U.S. on Internet Gambling Ban

In a ruling that could open the United States to offshore Internet gambling, a World Trade Organization panel said Washington should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos. In its final 287-page report, the WTO panel confirmed the preliminary ruling it issued in March in a dispute pitting the United States against the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, saying the ban represented an unfair trade barrier.