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US decision to withdraw gambling from GATS agreement will bode well for US horse racing

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Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, said: “This is a great day for the pari-mutuel industry. As a result of the withdrawal by the United States of its GATS commitment, the WTO will no longer play a role in the global debate on U.S. regulation of gambling services over the Internet. The NTRA has monitored this case for over two years, and we have argued from the outset that the GATS commitment should be withdrawn.”