State files lawuit over poker plan

COEUR d’ALENE — A rift between Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe widened Friday as the Tribe began offering poker at its Worley casino, and the state filed a federal lawsuit to stop it.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court by Gov. Butch Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, contends that by offering poker, the Tribe is violating the Idaho Constitution and its gaming compact with the state.

“We believe we are well within our right to offer poker,” said Tribe Chairman Chief Allan, in a prepared statement issued Friday in response to the state’s legal action.  

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