A federal judge has sided with Missouri officials who want to stop Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe from offering gambling over the Internet.
U.S. district Judge Howard Sachs ruled this week that the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 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 Coeur d'Alene started its lottery operation in 1997, but suspended ticket sales after a federal court ruled that long distance telephone carriers could not provide service for such games.