LAKE GENEVA, Wis. -- Representatives from nine of the 11 American Indian tribes in Wisconsin met with Gov. Jim Doyle Friday.

The meeting at Geneva National Golf Club was the first since a landmark state Supreme Court ruling on May 13 that stated Doyle exceeded his authority in signing a compact allowing Las Vegas-style games like craps and roulette at their casinos.

The decision puts their gaming compacts and the state budget into question.

Republican leaders have suggested it's time to start negotiating new gaming compacts, but according to Doyle, the first concern is whether or not the state will get its money from the current compacts. Doyle said that in his mind, the compacts are still valid.

"(The tribes) are operating under those compacts, and those compacts call for payments to the state," Doyle said. "So, I think everybody's still working to sort this thing out."

Bob Chicks is the president of the Stockbridge-Muncee tribe. It is scheduled to pay the state $3 million this year and $2.2 million next year.

"We're still looking at all the options," Chicks said. "As we go into the days and weeks ahead, we'll be able to have a little more information about that."

Chicks said a federal lawsuit by the tribes is likely to be forthcoming.

"We're going to have to spend some more time analyzing this, but clearly taking this issue into federal court seems like a reasonable move for us," Chicks said.