Judge’S Ruling Goes Against Cda Tribe

Fri., Sept. 24, 1999

From Staff

A federal judge has sided with Missouri officials who want to stop North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe from offering gambling over the Internet.

U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs ruled this week that the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 does not apply to a pair of lawsuits filed in 1997 and 1998 by Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon.

The decision upholds Nixon’s argument that gambling actually takes place where the bettor is rather than where the game of chance originates. The Sachs ruling returns the cases to state courts.

Nixon is trying to stop Missouri residents from gambling on the Internet. Federal law allows Indian tribes to conduct gambling on Indian lands in limited situations and subject to agreements with the states involved.

Missouri operates its own state lottery, and there are riverboat casinos in the state.

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe started its U.S. Lottery operation in 1997, but suspended ticket sales last December after a federal court ruling that long-distance telephone carriers could not provide service for such games.

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