\nClearly, there were differences of opinion and at the end of the day, we felt like no single issue should hold up the budget,”<\/strong> Moore said. The House speaker said a caucus of his Republican colleagues earlier this month found that only 40 of the GOP’s 72 seated House members were willing to back the budget bill with gaming included.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nNorth Carolinians still have casino options, as the state is home to three tribal casinos, including Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel & Casino Resort, Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel, and Catawba Two Kings Casino. Online sports betting is expected to begin in January.<\/p>\n
Spending Plan to Move Forward<\/b><\/h2>\n
With gaming stripped from the spending blueprint, Berger says the 2023-25 budget will be finalized and released on Wednesday. Floor votes are expected Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
Berger and Moore expect the budget to easily pass. The budget will be retroactive to July 1, which was the start of the state’s fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger won’t get commercial casinos this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":290554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[87004,13363,83460,84122,82114,87126,86608,87862],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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