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Non-Tech : Starnet(SNMM)-"The Microsoft of Internet Gaming Softwar -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: THOMAS GOODRICH who wrote (22)	3/15/1999 9:38:00 PM
From: Doug (Htfd,CT)	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 40

Indian Gaming Laws & online gambling discussed in a scholarly legal memorandum by Cynthia Janower, Harvard Law School, June 1996, of the Boston Consulting Group, is online at ascusc.org Titled "Gambling on the Internet," it discusses several precedents and ongoing controversies over the intersection of Indian Gaming Act and attempts by states to stop online access to lotteries operated by sovereign tribes. It also addresses jurisdictional issues that bear upon the location of online gaming servers in jurisdictions where online gaming is lawful, and the legal defenses offered by the practice of blocking bets from U.S. or Canada. Includes 135 footnotes of sources and background information, and citations to legal authority. Must reading as part of due diligence. Also a well-written and interesting article. Quoting two paragraphs: "In general, Indian tribes are considered dependent sovereigns of the United States with powers at least as great, and sometimes greater, than the states in which they live [ 97 ] . In Barona Group of Capital Grande Band of Mission Indians v. Duffy, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that since Indians are subject only to a state's criminal, and not civil, jurisdiction; once a state legalized a particular gambling activity, the Indian tribes were not subject to the regulations governing that activity[ 98 ] . For example, when California legalized bingo subject to a $250 maximum jackpot, to protect churches from police raids on their basement bingo games, Indian tribes were able to set up games with $50,000 jackpots. [ 99 ] Now, however, the Coeur d'Alene tribe is reaching beyond the borders of its' reservation. A number of states contend that a national lottery will run afoul of state provisions disallowing betting by telephone or credit card [ 100 ] . The tribe, on the other hand, argues that the Federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act preempts any law that might otherwise bar the lottery [ 101 ] . The states' willingness and ability to prosecute citizens for wagering on the national lottery will set the stage for a new round of battles regarding online gambling." Endquote Additional links to background information about Starnet is at Net Nugget's "Focus on Starnet Technologies" at dougsimpson.com Doug (long SNMM)