According to isthmus.com, Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison indicated that it's going to close its eight-table electronic poker site on Nov. 15.
The poker site have been open for four years.
Electronic poker tables don't involve physical cards, chips or dealers. A touch-screen system is used to facilitate the game.
According to the report, Wisconsin was looking to shut the room down, saying that
it violated a gaming compact between the tribe and the state.
From the report:
U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb agreed in June and ordered the room’s removal, however the tribe appealed a month later…The [closure] announcement comes two months after two local players asked a Dane County judge to rule whether poker is definitely legal in Wisconsin. The state currently forbids playing poker for money outside of a couple of dozen tribal-run casinos. However the players argue the sport relies more on skill than luck and therefore skirts a state statute about what constitutes a “bet.”
Crabb concurred with the state’s Department of Justice’s assertion that PokerPro, the video poker game, was a category III card game, that is forbidden under the terms of the gambling compact with the Southeast Side casino. While the state claimed that PokerPro was too very similar to blackjack and slots, the tribe argued it was legal since the players wager against each other, not against the house.
The largest poker site within the state is a 20-table room at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.
Read More... [Source: CardPlayer Poker News]
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