COEUR d'ALENE - Gov. Butch Otter has until Saturday at 5 p.m. to sign or veto the historic racing repeal - or let it become law without his signature.

According to Otter's press secretary, Jon Hanian, the governor has been meeting with the tribes and supporters of the horse racing industry this week, but has yet to indicate which direction he was going to take.

Other groups are weighing in, too. Several Kootenai County community leaders signed a letter that went to the governor this week asking him to sign the repeal.

The bill, SB 1011, would repeal a law passed in 2013 that authorized electronic pari-mutuel historic horse racing machines at race tracks in Idaho.

The machines that were promised in 2013 didn't look anything like the machines installed last year. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe objected to the historic racing machines, saying they resembled electronic slot machines.

Earlier this year, the Tribe joined three other Idaho tribes in sponsoring a bill that would repeal the 2013 law.