Razlog za zavrnitev naj bi bilo Guogino dvojno državljanstvo. Tony se je leta 1973 rodil v Kaunasu, drugem največjem mestu Litve, vendar se je, ko mu je bilo 11 let, z družino preselil v Avstralijo. Postal je eden najbolj prepoznavnih in uspešnih poker igralcev na svetu. Najbolj smo si ga zapomnili po agresivni, pogumni igri na televizijskih poker oddajah, ko je svoje nasprotnike pogostokrat tudi zbadal in žalil.
Med zavrnjenimi kandidati je bil tudi profesor ameriško-litvanskih korenin, dr. Darius Udrys, ki je izjavil sledeče:
»The Electoral Commission bases its position on a twenty-year-old ruling by Lithuania's Constitutional Court that hasn't been reviewed since Lithuania joined the European Union and NATO. Thousands of Lithuanians are emigrating and bearing children abroad. In light of all the talk about a "Global Lithuania" and bringing Lithuanians back, this ruling should be reviewed.«
Razumljivo, tudi Tony G je bil razočaran nad to odločitvijo in komentiral:
»We will not build a greater Lithuania and we will not bring Lithuanians back from around the world if we don't adapt our legal system to today's realities. Dual citizenship is no obstacle to representing Lithuania in the European Parliament...to being a minister or even prime minister. Why should it be an obstacle to being a member of the Seimas.«
Novica odmeva z evropskim prizvokom, saj je časnik Politico magazine včeraj Guogo uvrstil med 28 najbolj vplivnih ljudi v Evropskem Parlamentu.
