Cda Tribe Wins Gambling Appeal

Missouri gamblers can’t be barred from an Idaho Indian tribe’s Internet and telephone lottery games, a federal judge has ruled.

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon had sued the Coeur d’Alene Tribe when it began offering the games on a trial basis last year.

He sued again last month when the games went national, and Madison County Circuit Court Judge Stanley J. Murphy granted a temporary restraining order barring the tribe from accepting bets from Missouri.

On Thursday, a federal judge in Cape Girardeau overturned the ruling at the tribe’s request.

A spokesman said Friday that Nixon would appeal the federal judge’s ruling.