Appeals court sends Indian gambling case to lower court

Friday, Nov. 26, 2004 | 9:11 a.m.

DENVER -- Federal law requires the state of Wyoming to negotiate with the Northern Arapaho tribe on allowing casino-style gambling on the Wind River Indian Reservation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Wyoming federal court's decision that the state didn't have to negotiate a compact permitting casino-style gambling.

The judges ordered the lower court to reconsider the issue. They upheld the court's finding that the state had negotiated in bad faith by refusing to discuss the possibility of allowing calcutta and pari-mutuel betting.

Pari-mutuel betting is gambling on horse and dog races, while calcutta betting is similar but deals with other types of sports events.

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