Legislative leaders moved closer yesterday to resolving a key dispute holding up the long-awaited bill to legalize poker and other table games at Pennsylvania casinos and plug a $250 million hole in the state budget. Two people briefed about a telephone conversation yesterday among legislative leaders said the group agreed on a provision that would let new applicants pursue Pennsylvania’s remaining resort-casino license. They said the agreement also would potentially add a license in 2017. House Democratic leaders, who control the chamber, have been at odds with the Republican-controlled Senate over the provision in the bill that would allow table games at slot-machine casinos.

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