After almost two months, the state House is scheduled to begin deliberation today on legislation to add table games at slot parlors and pump $200 million into the state budget.A final vote could take place by late tomorrow, said Bob Caton, spokesman for House Speaker Keith McCall (D., Carbon).Three points of contention remain in the legislation: the amount of taxes that would be levied on table-game revenue; the creation of additional gaming licenses for resorts; and the number of slots and table games permitted at casino resorts.The tax rates the House is expected to place on table-games revenues would be 14 percent for the state, 1 percent each for the municipalities and counties where the slots and table-game casinos are located.Gov. Rendell said last month that he would not sign a table-games bill with a tax rate less than 16 percent. He said that rate is needed to generate $200 million to help balance this year’s state budget, which he signed Oct. 9.

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