Antigua and Barbuda is taking on the US in the World Trade Organization, claiming that the US ban on online gambling violates WTO rules on services.

Washington says US law prohibits cross-border gambling "because of the social, psychological dangers and law enforcement problems that they create" and the "financial and social risks posed by such activities to its citizens, particularly but not exclusively children".

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Good luck to them. I can't imagine any scenario in which the US would lift any prohibition on cross-border gambling based on the objections of Antigua and Barbuda. This is a country where it's illegal to make most bets with your friends, let alone companies in other countries. And that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

Obviously, I'm in favor of living in an environment where gambling is not prohibited, but reasonable safeguards are in place so that kids under the age of 18 aren't becoming compulsive gamblers. As for me, I don't need the government to protect me from perceived "undesirable activities" - gambling or otherwise - that are consensual activities between two adult parties.

Yeah! Like the recent Supreme Court ruling on Texas gambling law.

"The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private gambling conduct a crime."

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