For the past four years, Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, formerly known as Dejope Gaming, has been locked in a legal battle with the state of Wisconsin over a poker room comprised solely of PokerTek electronic poker tables.
The state's Division of Gaming argued that the tables were in violation of a 2003 compact that used rules from the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, which is considered a bingo hall and not a casino, is licensed to offer "Class II" games, but the state believed the electronic poker tables constituted a "Class III" game.