The state, however, is not objecting to the tribe's operation of slot machines that are linked to bingo-style games.
District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, making it necessary for the Attorney General's office to seek the injunction, said Dana Brueck, spokeswoman for the office However, the order was later vacated by U.S. Last year an arbitrator ruled the tribe's compact agreement with the state does not allow it to offer the poker games at the Madison facility. District Court is the latest action in an ongoing dispute between the state and the Ho-Chunk tribe, which owns Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, a casino that includes electronic poker games. The Ho-Chunk tribe's poker room in its Madison gambling hall is illegal and should be shut down, the state Attorney General's Office said in a complaint seeking a federal injunction to halt the poker games.
