Antigua -- The government of Antigua and Barbuda on Oct. 1. delivered its first submission to the World Trade Organization dispute panel that has been appointed to mediate its case against the United States. The United States has been given one week to respond to the initial submission, and the panel is scheduled to deliver a final report on the dispute in February.
Malta's Bill -- Tax-news.com reports that Dr Joe Zammit Maempel, Malta's Chairman of Lotteries and Gaming Authority, recently told a seminar that government officials will circulate the country's draft gambling bill to members of the industry to obtain feedback on the document before it's published in the Government Gazette. The country last year declared itself an online gaming jurisdiction.
Legal Ads? -- The New York Post reports that BetonSports' recent ad campaign that put the company's logo on 250 New York City buses has caused a disagreement between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who was paid $300,000 by BetonSports, and the state's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, whose office has taken action against Internet gambling in the past. City Councilman Leroy Comrie is quoted as saying, "The MTA is giving them a sanction. They should take [the ads] down." Meanwhile, MTA spokesman Tom Kelly said, "Unless they have broken the law, they are entitled to advertise." And David Carruthers, CEO of BetonSports, said, "They took my check. There is the First Amendment in the United States. I have the right to advertise our product." Carruthers added that the attorney general has yet to contact him.