This is how I managed to get this game running...
You will need to create a wine workspace for this game, as it does NOT like being minimized with window decorations. It won't come back.
Set the display area for the workspace to a minimum of 1024x768. 1280x1024 is preferred.
Once this has been done, make sure you download and install Direct X 9.0.
Done! Run the game.
It looks bad, but that's because WINE doesn't support this type of transparency which basically makes up the whole GUI. My mother reckons it goes slower, but I think she's BS-ing, as she reeeaaly hates Linux.
Good Luck!!