Antigua and Barbuda is calling on the US to settle the two countries’ long-running igaming dispute as the Caribbean nation seeks to rebuild after hurricane Irma, reports the LA Times.
The US has sought to prevent US-based players from gambling at websites based in Antigua and Barbuda since the 1990s - a move that the government in Antigua claims has cost the nation around US$200m.
That constitutes approximately 80 per cent of the estimated cost of rebuilding after Irma swept through Antigua and Barbuda last month.
Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda's ambassador to the US, is reported to have said that the US has offered to pay Antigua less than $2m to settle the trade dispute. An offer he called “unacceptable”.
Source: LA Times
