Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh is set to introduce a bill that could pave the way for a lottery and table gaming in Alabama but Gov. Robert Bentley said gambling revenue won’t solve the budget problems.

Marsh is drafting the bill, citing the results of the study of Auburn University in Montgomery that showed implementing a lottery would create $400 million in new revenue for the General Fund, 11,000 new jobs, and would create up to a $1.2 billion impact.

Marsh said a few members were adamantly opposed to legalize gambling but most senators agreed that the idea needs to be considered.

However, Gov. Bentley, who visited to the State House to talk to lawmakers about his tax proposals, said the state “cannot be dependent on gambling for the 2016 budgets or for future budgets.”