The state erred by rejecting a proposed ballot measure that if passed, would grant a woman exclusive rights to operate casinos in several Arkansas counties, and voters should decide the issue in November, her attorney told the state Supreme Court on Thursday.

Peter Kumpe, an attorney for professional poker player Nancy Todd, told justices the state unfairly rejected her bid late in the process due to its concerns that her proposed amendment would implicitly prohibit race tracks from offering electronic gambling games such as video poker and blackjack.

Todd's proposal would give her the right to operate casinos in four Arkansas counties. Last week, the court heard arguments in a similar lawsuit by a Texas businessman seeking to get a competing bid on the ballot that would give him exclusive casino operating rights in seven counties.