After a conference call among legislative leaders on Monday, Erik Arneson – spokesman for the Republican leader of the GOP-controlled Senate – stopped just short of saying there was a deal for table games legislation: “We are not saying at this point that there’s a deal, although we believe we’re on the verge of a final agreement.”
And Todd Eachus, majority leader of the Democrat-controlled House, warns that he must first present the agreement to his members: “We never have a deal in the Democratic caucus until our caucus says so...”But Eachus says a bill could be on the governor’s desk by Wednesday or Thursday.
Eachus did not want to discuss details, but a Senate source says the two sides have resolved the contentious issue of whether to create a third license for a smaller resort casino by agreeing that it won’t be available until 2017.