For its supporters, it is the battle of David against Goliath; for its opponents, Mammon against morality. Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday received the final ruling in its World Trade Organisation gambling case against the US.

Antigua had alleged that the US Department of Justice illegally tried to stop internet betting companies based in the tiny Caribbean island state marketing themselves to American gamblers. In the event, both sides claimed vindication after Thursday’s ruling, which found that some of the US's measures were justified but had not been applied fairly.