網路賭博市場爭端　安地卡向美求償千億台幣

Tiny Antigua in Billion-Dollar Online Gaming Spat with USA

加勒比海島國安地卡巴布達今天呼籲世界貿易組織同意每年裁罰美國三十四億四千萬美元（台幣約一千一百四十億元），並指控華府並未遵守世貿組織裁定，開放國界讓網路賭博業進入。安地卡要求世貿組織的爭端解決小組同意制裁的要求，稱華府的立場讓它「別無選擇」。

The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has called on the WTO to assess annual penalties of US$3.44 billion against the USA and charges Washington with failing to comply with a WTO directive to open its borders to online casinos. Antigua has asked the WTO dispute settlement panel to grant its sanction request saying that Washington’s position ‘leaves it no other choice’.

安地卡四年多前向世貿組織提出控訴後，世貿組織曾作出裁決，今年三月世貿組織又裁定美國未遵守過去針對此爭議作出的裁決。

When Antigua first raised its charges with the WTO four years ago, the organization ruled in its favor, then in March this year it ruled again that the USA had failed to comply with its earlier directive on the dispute.

安地卡人口六萬九千人，是境外網路賭博事業的中心，吸引大批美國民眾利用安地卡提供的賭場式網路博弈服務試手氣。

With a population of only 69,000, Antigua is a center for the off-shore online gambling industry, and the islands’ unique casino game formats attract great number of Americans wishing to try their luck.

裁罰 sanction, penalty

spat – little argument

to accuse the USA of refusing to comply

to charge the USA with refusing to comply

                                non-compliance

slot machine

one-armed bandit