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Vin Narayanan

Vin Narayanan is the former managing editor at Casino City and has been involved in the gaming industry for over a decade Vin is currently based in Hong Kong, where he runs his own consultant group and works as head of gaming and public relations for Mega Digital Entertainment Group.

Before joining Casino City, Vin covered (not all at the same time) sports, politics and elections, wars, technology, celebrities and the Census for USATODAY.com, USA WEEKEND and CNN.

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WTO deadline extended

The deadline to negotiate compensation claims over the U.S. decision to remove online gaming from its schedule of trade commitments has been extended from Oct. 22 to Dec. 14. Groups that have filed for damages include The European Union, Japan, India, Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, Macao and Antigua and Barbuda.

The U.S. decided to withdraw online gambling from its trade commitments after it lost a WTO case to Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua is seeking $3.4 billion in compensation. The other nations are expected to be seeking greater access to previously restricted markets rather than money.