Key Takeaways
- Idaho has ordered the shutdown of poker tournaments at the Coeur d’Alene tribal casino.
- Federal US District Judge Lynn Winmill ruled that the “poker tournaments violate Idaho gambling law. The upshot is that unless an injunction issues, the state will be left without any effective remedy.”
- The tribe immediately appealed the decision.
Idaho has ordered the shutdown of poker tournaments at the Coeur d’Alene tribal casino.
“Poker tournaments violate Idaho gambling law. The upshot is that unless an injunction issues, the state will be left without any effective remedy,” Federal US District Judge Lynn Winmill ruled.
The tournaments started in March this year.
